Alcohol and hepatitis C: Implications for disease progression and treatment
โ Scribed by Alexander Monto
- Book ID
- 107540391
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 514 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1540-3416
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In patients with chronic hepatitis C, alcohol consumption has been proposed as a risk factor for the progression of liver disease; however, evidence for this remains conflicting. Two hundred thirty-four anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV)positive patients who had a liver biopsy performed within the past 24
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