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Update on the management and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection: recommendations from the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program Office.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 May 2012
Yee Helen S, Chang Michael F, Pocha Christine, Lim Joseph, Ross David, Morgan Timothy R, Monto Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects approximately 1.3 % of the United States population and 4 % of veterans who use Department of Veterans Affairs medical services. Chronic HCV is the primary cause of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and end-stage liver disease requiring liver transplantation in the United States. Management of chronic HCV is aimed at halting disease progression,...
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