Hepatitis C: Does Successful Treatment Alter the Natural History and Quality of Life?
Recommended Citation
Gonzalez HC, and Gordon SC. Hepatitis C: Does Successful Treatment Alter the Natural History and Quality of Life? Gastroenterology Clinics of North America 2020.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2020
Publication Title
Gastroenterology clinics of North America
Abstract
The cure of chronic hepatitis C infection has a major impact on the morbidity and mortality of infected patients. It is now clear that sustained virologic response improves overall survival and significantly reduces the risk of liver failure, fibrosis progression, need of liver transplantation, and incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma. Moreover, hepatitis C eradication improves a broad range of extrahepatic manifestations, such as dermatologic, neoplastic, cardiovascular, and endocrine, and improves quality of life.
PubMed ID
32389364
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
Volume
49
Issue
2
First Page
301
Last Page
314
