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Hepatitis C in the elderly: a multicentre cross-sectional study by the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Aug 2012
Gramenzi Annagiulia, Conti Fabio, Cammà Calogero, Grieco Antonio, Picciotto Antonino, Furlan Caterina, Romagno Domenico, Costa Paolo, Rendina Maria, Ancarani Fausto, Chiaramonte Maria, Verucchi Gabriella, Craxì Antonio, Bernardi Mauro, Andreone Pietro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection increases with advancing age, but elderly hepatitis C virus patients remain an understudied population. AIM: To define the virological, epidemiological and clinical profiles of Italian outpatients aged 65 years and over infected by hepatitis C virus. METHODS: We evaluated 1544 anti-hepatitis C virus positive patients aged ≥65 years referred to 34 Italian...
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