Hepatitis C virus infection in a resident elderly population: A 10-year follow-up study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-340

  Monica, F ^a   Lirussi, F ^b   Pregun, I ^a,b   Vasile, F ^a   Fabris, L ^a,b   Okolicsanyi, L ^a,b  

^a Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly population; Follow up; HCV carrier; HCV chronic infection; HCV related mortality

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RESIDENT; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748503704     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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