Follow up of the 987 blood donors found with hepatitis C virus infection over 9-18 years

Aim:  To follow up blood donors found with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, to improve the outcome by antiviral treatments. Methods:  Between 1991 and 2001, 3377 of the 1 925 860 donors (0.18%) were found to have HCV infection at the Hiroshima Red Cross Blood Center in Japan. Of them, 987 were abl...

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Published in:	Hepatology research Vol. 42; no. 7; pp. 637 - 647
Main Authors:	Matsuo, Junko, Mizui, Masaaki, Okita, Hajime, Katayama, Keiko, Aimitsu, Shiomi, Sakata, Tatsuro, Obayashi, Makoto, Nakanishi, Toshio, Chayama, Kazuaki, Miyakawa, Yuzo, Yoshizawa, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Junko
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01-07-2012
Subjects:	alanine aminotransferase chronic hepatitis C hepatitis C virus hepatocellular carcinoma interferon natural history
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