PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Martagon, Jose
AU  - Gordon, Steven M.
TI  - Special management challenges in hepatitis C
DP  - 2003 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - S27--S33
VI  - 70
IP  - 9 suppl 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9_suppl_4/S27.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9_suppl_4/S27.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Sep 01; 70
AB  - Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) often coexists with other conditions and patient factors that complicate its management. Infection with HIV is a particularly widespread and vexing comorbidity of HCV infection, since HIV facilitates HCV transmission and renders HCV more opportunistic. This review provides a practical overview of major comorbidities and patient factors that require special management considerations in patients with HCV infection.