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Hepatitis C: What If You Do Not Treat?

April 17, 2017 | Special Report, Hepatitis C, Infection

By Rodger D. MacArthur, MD and Merin Varghese, MD

In this Special Report on hepatitis C in primary care, the authors have described the various therapeutic options for patients who have HCV infection and what happens when you treat them

In this podcast, they discuss what happens when you don’t.
Rodger D. MacArthur, MD is Professor of Medicine and Merin Varghese, MD is a Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
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Hepatitis C Report: What Tests to Order

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Hepatitis C Screening for High Risk Patients

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Knowing the origin and causes could help clinicians better determine who to screen and treat.

SPECIAL REPORT: Hepatitis C and Primary Care

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By Rodger D. MacArthur, MD and Merin Varghese, MD

Primary care physicians can play an expanding role in achieving the benefits of testing, care, and treatment to help stem the epidemic.