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Hepatitis C: Issues in Children.
Gastroenterology clinics of North America - 1 Dec 2015
Lee Christine K, Jonas Maureen M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C infection is a global health problem. Most infected children have not been identified. Perinatal transmission is the most common mode of acquisition. Liver disease owing to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection progresses slowly in individuals infected early in life. Serious complications rarely affect patients during childhood. Successful treatment of HCV in adults has improved and...
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