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Vertical genotype 1 HCV infection treated successfully in the second year of life: a case report.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 1 Dec 2012
Pawłowska Małgorzata, Halota Waldemar, Smukalska Ewa
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BACKGROUND: Perinatal HCV transmission appears to be an important cause of HCV in children. Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in young children is controversial because of spontaneous HCV clearance and possible adverse events. CASE REPORT: Vertical HCV genotype 1 infection was diagnosed in a 3-month-old infant. In the subsequent clinical examination we still observed hepatomegaly, fluctuations of ALT, AST and GGT...
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