Navigating the Management of Hepatitis C 

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William Carey, MD
The Cleveland Clinic

Special Edition
September 2003

Supplement 4 to Volume 70

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CONTENTS and FACULTY

The epidemiology and natural history of hepatitis C virus infection..........S2
NIZAR N. ZEIN, MD
Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Tests and screening strategies for the diagnosis of hepatitis C.....................S7
WILLIAM CAREY, MD
Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio;
Professor of Medicine, Ohio State University

Management of newly diagnosed hepatitis C virus infection......................S14
MARK W. RUSSO, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
STEVEN L. ZACKS, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
MICHAEL W. FRIED, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Hepatology,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Treatment options for nonresponders and relapsers to..............................S21
initial therapy for hepatitis C
MARTEN DUNCAN, DO
Gastroenterology Fellow, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., and
Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.
ZOBAIR YOUNOSSI, MD
Director, Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.

Special management challenges in hepatitis C..............................................S27
JOSE MARTAGON, MD
Fellow, Department of Infectious Disease,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
STEVEN M. GORDON, MD
Hospital Epidemiologist, Department of Infectious Disease,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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