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Natural History and Management of Hepatitis C: Does Sex Play a Role?

Natural History and Management of Hepatitis C: Does Sex Play a Role?

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Natural History and Management of Hepatitis C: Does Sex Play a Role?

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Full title

Natural History and Management of Hepatitis C: Does Sex Play a Role?

Publisher

United States: Oxford University Press

Journal title

The Journal of infectious diseases, 2014-07, Vol.209 (suppl 3), p.S81-S85

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Oxford University Press

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Contents

Hepatitis C virus infection is a disease that disproportionately affects men more than women. After initial HCV infection, women are more likely to clear the virus spontaneously. Women also have slower rates of liver disease progression than men if they become chronically infected. However, this rate of disease progression changes over time in wome...

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Natural History and Management of Hepatitis C: Does Sex Play a Role?

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1541371215

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1541371215

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ISSN

0022-1899

E-ISSN

1537-6613

DOI

10.1093/infdis/jiu057

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