Life Expectancy in Patients With Chronic HCV Infection and Cirrhosis Compared With a General Population

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12 November 2014

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 312 (18), 1927-1928
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.12627

Abstract

Almost 3 million people in the United States are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The life expectancy of patients with chronic HCV infecti

Keywords

HEPATITIS C
CHRONIC
CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE
LIVER CIRRHOSIS
CARCINOMA
HEPATOCELLULAR
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVER FAILURE
ACUTE
INFECTION
PRIMARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LIVER
HEPATITIS C VIRUS

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