RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic hepatitis C: a clinical overview
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 259
OP 268
VO 64
IS 5
A1 Zobair M. Younossi
YR 1997
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/5/259.abstract
AB Recent advances in analyzing hepatitis C virus (HCV) have improved understanding of how it causes chronic liver disease, although the exact rate of disease progression and factors influencing its natural history are not entirely known. Tests for HCV fall into two categories: serologic and virologic. Interferon has shown limited efficacy in treating chronic HCV infection, and various strategies are being tried to improve its efficacy. HCV-related cirrhosis and liver failure have become one of the most common indications for liver transplantation in the United States.