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Impact of depressive symptoms and their treatment on completing antiviral treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2010
Liu Stanley S, Schneekloth Terry D, Talwalkar Jayant A, Kim W Ray, Poterucha John J, Charlton Michael R, Wiesner Russell H, Gross John B
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BACKGROUND/GOALS: Interferon-induced depression affects 20% to 40% of patients treated for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). The aim of our study was to examine the influence of antidepressant treatment and whether this improves the likelihood of completing therapy. METHODS: One hundred randomly selected patients with chronic HCV undergoing antiviral therapy at a single center were identified. Patients were...
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