Recommendations for the clinical management of hepatitis C in Iran: A consensus-based national guideline

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^a,b   Hajarizadeh, Behzad ^c   Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri ^d   Sharafi, Heidar ^a,b   Daryani, Nasser Ebrahimi ^e   Merat, Shahin ^f   Mohraz, Minoo ^g   Mardani, Masoud ^h   Fattahi, Mohamad Reza ⁱ   Poustchi, Hossein ^f   Nikbin, Mehri ^b   Nabavi, Mahmood ^j   Adibi, Peyman ^k   Ziaee, Masood ^l   Behnava, Bita ^a,b   Rezaee Zavareh, Mohammad Saeid ^a,b   Colombo, Massimo ^m   Massoumi, Hatef ⁿ   Bizri, Abdul Rahman ^o   Eghtesad, Bijan ^p   Amiri, Majid ^q   Namvar, Ali ^r   Hesamizadeh, Khashayar ^a,b   Malekzadeh, Reza ^f   more..

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Middle East Liver Diseases Research Center   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^j SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^k ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^l BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁿ New York Associates in Gastroenterology   (United States)

^o AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^p LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^q Hôpital Goüin   (France)

^r PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

more..

Author keywords

Consensus; Disease elimination; Hepatitis C; Iran; Therapy

Indexed keywords

DACLATASVIR; DASABUVIR; LEDIPASVIR; OMBITASVIR; PARITAPREVIR; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RIBAVIRIN; RITONAVIR; SIMEPREVIR; SOFOSBUVIR;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; IRAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALASSEMIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84988577048     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.guideline     Document Type: Review

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