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In the clinic. Hepatitis C.

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Jou, JH; Muir, AJ
Published in: Ann Intern Med
June 3, 2008

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, with an estimated overall prevalence of 3.2 million persons (1.3%) and prevalence peaks between age 40 to 49 years (1). The worldwide prevalence of HCV infection is even higher at 2.0%, corresponding to 140 million persons (2). In terms of complications, cirrhosis due to HCV disease is the most frequent indication for liver transplantation in the United States (3), and the overall incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, a complication of HCV cirrhosis, continues to increase at alarming rates. In an evaluation of population-based registries of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program in the United States, the overall age-adjusted incidence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma increased from 1.4 per 100 000 in 1975 to 1977 to 3.0 per 100 000 in 1996 to 1998 (4).

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Ann Intern Med

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1539-3704

Publication Date

June 3, 2008

Volume

148

Issue

11

Start / End Page

ITC6-1-ITC6-16

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Mass Screening
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Humans
  • Hepatitis C
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Antiviral Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Jou, J. H., & Muir, A. J. (2008). In the clinic. Hepatitis C. Ann Intern Med, 148(11), ITC6-1-ITC6-16. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-148-11-200806030-01006
Jou, Janice H., and Andrew J. Muir. “In the clinic. Hepatitis C.Ann Intern Med 148, no. 11 (June 3, 2008): ITC6-1-ITC6-16. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-148-11-200806030-01006.
Jou JH, Muir AJ. In the clinic. Hepatitis C. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jun 3;148(11):ITC6-1-ITC6-16.
Jou, Janice H., and Andrew J. Muir. “In the clinic. Hepatitis C.Ann Intern Med, vol. 148, no. 11, June 2008, pp. ITC6-1-ITC6-16. Pubmed, doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-11-200806030-01006.
Jou JH, Muir AJ. In the clinic. Hepatitis C. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jun 3;148(11):ITC6-1-ITC6-16.

Published In

Ann Intern Med

DOI

EISSN

1539-3704

Publication Date

June 3, 2008

Volume

148

Issue

11

Start / End Page

ITC6-1-ITC6-16

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Mass Screening
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Humans
  • Hepatitis C
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Antiviral Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences