Hepatitis C guidance: AASLD-IDSA recommendations for testing, managing, and treating adults infected with hepatitis C virus

Hepatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 932-954

  Chung, Raymond T ^a   Davis, Gary L ^b   Jensen, Donald M ^c   Masur, Henry ^d   Saag, Michael S ^e   Thomas, David L ^f   Aronsohn, Andrew I ^c   Charlton, Michael R ^g   Feld, Jordan J ^h   Fontana, Robert J ⁱ   Ghany, Marc G ^d   Godofsky, Eliot W ^j   Graham, Camilla S ^k   Kim, Arthur ^a   Kiser, Jennifer J ^l   Kottilil, Shyam ^m   Marks, Kristen M ⁿ   Martin, Paul ^o   Mitruka, Kiren ^p   Morgan, Timothy R ^q   Naggie, Susanna ^r   Raymond, Daniel ^s   Reau, Nancy S ^c   Schooley, Robert T ^t   Sherman, Kenneth E ^u   Sulkowski, Mark S ^f   Vargas, Hugo E ^v   Ward, John W ^p   Wyles, David L ^t   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j Bach and Godofsky   (United States)

^k BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁿ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^q Long Beach VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^r DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^s Harm Reduction Coalition   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 5; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER INJURY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADULT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84939653819     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27950     Document Type: Article

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