Late presentation of chronic viral hepatitis for medical care: a consensus definition
Abstract Introduction We present two consensus definitions of advanced and late stage liver disease being used as epidemiological tools. These definitions can be applied to assess the morbidity caused by liver diseases in different health care systems. We focus is on hepatitis B and C virus infectio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0856-y |