Excess liver-related morbidity of chronic hepatitis C patients, who achieve a sustained viral response, and are discharged from care

Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1547-1558

  Innes, Hamish A ^a,b   Hutchinson, Sharon J ^a,b   Allen, Samuel ^c   Bhattacharyya, Diptendu ^d   Bramley, Peter ^e   Delahooke, Toby E S ^f,g   Dillon, John F ^h   Forrest, Ewan ⁱ   Fraser, Andrew ^j   Gillespie, Ruth ⁱ   Goldberg, David J ^b   Kennedy, Nicholas ^k   Mcdonald, Scott ^a,b   Mcleod, Allan ^b   Mills, Peter R ^l   Morris, Judith ^m   Hayes, Peter ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^f LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^j ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^k MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 80055035674     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24561     Document Type: Article

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