Changes in the Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, and Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Patients With Cirrhosis or Liver Failure on the Waitlist for Liver Transplantation

Concurrent to development of more effective drugs for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, there has been an increase in the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Data indicate that liver transplantation prolongs survival times of patient with acute hepatitis associated with alco...

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Published in:	Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) Vol. 152; no. 5; p. 1090
Main Authors:	Goldberg, David, Ditah, Ivo C, Saeian, Kia, Lalehzari, Mona, Aronsohn, Andrew, Gorospe, Emmanuel C, Charlton, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.04.2017
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - epidemiology End Stage Liver Disease - epidemiology Ethnicity - statistics & numerical data Female Hepacivirus Hepatitis C, Chronic - blood Hepatitis C, Chronic - epidemiology Humans Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - epidemiology Liver Neoplasms - epidemiology Liver Transplantation Male Middle Aged Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology Prevalence RNA, Viral - blood United States - epidemiology Waiting Lists Young Adult United States Obesity DAA Therapy Population Analysis US
ISSN:	1528-0012, 1528-0012
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