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Mortality in Hepatitis C Populations: Another Battle Against Drugs and Alcohol.

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2017 Jan-Mar;19(1):54-55.

Mortality in Hepatitis C Populations: Another Battle Against Drugs and Alcohol.
Burns JE1.
1Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, Scotland.

Abstract
In the era of efficacious and well-tolerated treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, there is an expanding population of individuals who achieve viral eradication. This in turn has generated a need to determine the impact of liver-related morbidity and mortality, particularly liver decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma, in populations achieving sustained viral response (SVR), and how they correlate with that of the general population.

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