Minimal monitoring is a safe but underutilised strategy for hepatitis C virus treatment in Singapore
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چکیده
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is estimated to affect 57 million people globally.1 Despite the availability of safe and effective pan-genotypic direct acting antivirals,2-5 many countries have yet achieve WHO goal HCV elimination by 2030.1
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0304-4602']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202347