Article
Hepatitis C virus infection in the elderly.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 Apr 1996
Brind A M, Watson J P, James O F, Bassendine M F
Abstract excerpt
We studied hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related disease in older people because the treatment rationale for younger asymptomatic patients is based on the long-term prognosis of infection. Of the HCV-antibody-positive patients seen at Freeman Hospital 1990-1994, 25 were > 65 years old; 24 were Caucasian and one was Afro-Caribbean. Median age at presentation was 67 years, and five were female. Nine were asymptomatic at...
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