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Impact of common risk factors of fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C.
Gut - 1 Oct 2015
Rüeger S, Bochud P-Y, Dufour J-F, Müllhaupt B, Semela D, Heim M H, Moradpour D, Cerny A, Malinverni R, Booth D R, Suppiah V, George J, Argiro L, Halfon P, Bourlière M, Talal A H, Jacobson I M, Patin E, Nalpas B, Poynard T, Pol S, Abel L, Kutalik Z, Negro F
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OBJECTIVE: The natural course of chronic hepatitis C varies widely. To improve the profiling of patients at risk of developing advanced liver disease, we assessed the relative contribution of factors for liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C. DESIGN: We analysed 1461 patients with chronic hepatitis C with an estimated date of infection and at least one liver biopsy. Risk factors for accelerated fibrosis...
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