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Meeting the WHO hepatitis C virus elimination goal: Review of treatment in paediatrics.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Aug 2020
Kim Nathan G, Kullar Ravina, Khalil Haydar, Saab Sammy
Abstract excerpt
Over 3 million paediatric patients globally and ~50 000 in the United States are estimated to be infected with HCV. Eradicating HCV in children helps prevent liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma; reduces extra-hepatic manifestations of HCV; improves quality of life; and increases survival. The 2019 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases-Infectious Diseases Society of America...
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