Analytic modeling to predict the outcome ofchronic hepatitis C infection: A useful clinical tool or an unfair representation of natural history?

Analytic modeling to predict the outcome

Analytic modeling to predict the outcome of chronic hepatitis C infection: A useful clinical tool or an unfair representation of natural history?

✍ Nizar N. Zein 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 59 KB

Objective: Chronic infection with hepatitis C may lead to the development of cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. However, not all patients progress to these endpoints. Ideally, clinicians could improve their capability of stratifying the risk and the time frame within which their