The Natural History of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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[Natural history of hepatitis C virus infection].
Over 70% of individuals acutely infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) develop chronic infection at significant risk of progressive liver fibrosis and subsequent liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Various viral, host, and environmental factors have been reported to affect the natural history of HCV infection such as chronicity in acute phase and disease progression in chronic phase. R...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.4.450