The Patient's Perspective in Hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 903-905

  Fontana, Robert J ^a   Kronfol, Ziad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 1842480347     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20190     Document Type: Editorial

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