Abstract
Our objective was to address two shortfalls in the hepatitis C virus (HCV) literature: (1) Few data exist comparing post-treatment liver-related mortality/morbidity in HCV-sustained virologic response (SVR) patients to non-SVR patients and (2) no data exist examining liver-related morbidity among treatment response subgroups, particularly among noncirrhotic SVR patients, a group who in the main are discharged from care without further follow-up. A retrospective cohort of 1,215 previously naïve HCV interferon patients (treated 1996-2007) was derived using HCV clinical databases from nine Scottish clinics.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1547-58 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Hepatology |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- hepatitis C
- clinical databases
- liver cirrhosis