Renewed 2015 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Hepatitis C by Korean Association for the Study of the Liver; What Has Been Changed? – Treatment of Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis

HCV-related decompensated liver cirrhosis is a life-threatening illness with an average 5-year survival rate of 50%. Because these patients have higher risk of morbidity and mortality including development of hepatocellular carcinoma, the benefits of eradicating the virus may be greater than in thos...

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Main Author: Geum-Youn Gwak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jin Publishing & Printing Co. 2016-03-01
Series:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.kjg.or.kr/journal/view.html?doi=10.4166/kjg.2016.67.3.137