ABSTRACT
Patients at risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection should be screened for it so that they can be treated and potentially cured, or can at least avoid transmitting the disease to others. The authors describe why and how to screen for HCV and how to interpret the test results.
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- Mazen Albeldawi, MD,
- Ernesto Ruiz-Rodriguez, MD and
- William D. Carey, MD⇑
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
- Transplant Center and Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Director, Center for Continuing Education; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- ADDRESS:
William D. Carey, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, A51, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail careyw{at}ccf.org.
ABSTRACT
Patients at risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection should be screened for it so that they can be treated and potentially cured, or can at least avoid transmitting the disease to others. The authors describe why and how to screen for HCV and how to interpret the test results.
- © 2010 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.