Acute hepatitis C – from the time of diagnosis up to six months of follow-up: a cohort retrospective study
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Background Worldwide, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a common cause of chronic liver disease, but it is rarely diagnosed in the stage of acute hepatitis. Although hepatitis C was the most important hepatitis related to blood products transfusion, since 1992 the overall epidemiology of HCV infection has changed dramatically, many newly diagnosed cases of HCV infection being related to the intravenous drugs use.
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