Natural history of HCV-induced liver disease

Current Hepatitis Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 251-260

  Van Der Meer, Adriaan J ^a   Maan, Raoel ^a   De Knegt, Robert J ^a   Veldt, Bart J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acutehepatitis C; Chronic hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; Natural history; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 28B; PEGINTERFERON; VIRUS RNA; VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COFFEE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EID: 84886740780     PISSN: 15403416     EISSN: 15410706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11901-013-0195-1     Document Type: Article

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