Hepatitis C virus adversely affects quality of life

Blood Purification

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-149

  Cillo, Umberto ^a   Amodio, Piero ^b   Ronco, Claudio ^d   Soni, Sachin S ^e   Zanus, Giacomo ^a   Minazzato, Lina ^c   Salari, Annalisa ^c   Neri, Daniele ^a   Bombonato, Giancarlo ^a   Schiff, Sami ^b   Bianco, Tonino ^c  

^a UO Operative Unit of Hepatobiliary Surgery   (Italy)

^b Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

HCV infection; HCV positive patients; Hepatitis C; Qualtity of life; SAT P; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS;

HEALTH STATUS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79958076391     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: 14219735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325222     Document Type: Review

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