Data to guide the "test and treat era" of hepatitis C

Gastroenterology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 887-889

  Ward, John W ^a   Rein, David B ^b   Smith, Bryce D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BLOOD BANK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84866695910     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.08.027     Document Type: Editorial

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