Impact of all oral anti-hepatitis C virus therapy: A meta-analysis

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 806-813

  Bansal, Siddharth ^a   Singal, Ashwani K ^b   McGuire, Brendan M ^b   Anand, Bhupinder S ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct acting antivirals; Hepatitis c; Hepatitis c virus; Meta analysis; Newer agents; Oral agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928999361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i5.806     Document Type: Article

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