Cirrhosis is less cirrhosis without virus C
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Cirrhosis is less cirrhosis without virus C.
A, et al. Association between sustained virological response and all-cause mortality among patient with chronic hepatitis C and advanced hepatic fibrosis. COMMENTS In the current commented article, van der Meer, et al. demonstrated that sustained virological response in patients with advanced fibrosis was associated with lower overall mortality, lower liver-related mortality including liver fai...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Hepatology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1665-2681
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31377-8