Current and future disease progression of the chronic HCV population in the United States.

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to advanced liver disease (AdvLD), including cirrhosis, decompensated cirrhosis, and liver cancer. The aim of this study was to determine recent historical rates of HCV patient progression to AdvLD and to project AdvLD prevalence through 2015. We fi...

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Main Authors: Martin Zalesak, Kevin Francis, Alex Gedeon, John Gillis, Kyle Hvidsten, Phyllis Kidder, Hong Li, Derek Martyn, Leslie Orne, Amanda Smith, Ann Kwong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23704962/?tool=EBI