Hepatitis C infection: eligibility for antiviral therapies
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Hepatitis C infection: eligibility for antiviral therapies.
BACKGROUND Current treatments of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) are effective, but expensive and susceptible to induce significant side effects. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the proportion of HCV patients who are eligible for a treatment. METHODS In a database comprising 1726 viraemic HCV patients, the files of 299 patients who presented to the same hepatologist for an initial appointment betwee...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0954-691X
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200511000-00006