The Role of Obstetrician/Gynecologists in the Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease-related death and is also the most frequent indication for liver transplantation in USA. Infected individuals can remain asymptomatic for 20 years or more, but they remain at risk for progressive liver disease. They als...

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Autor principal: Gonik, Bernard
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18818775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/374517
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description Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease-related death and is also the most frequent indication for liver transplantation in USA. Infected individuals can remain asymptomatic for 20 years or more, but they remain at risk for progressive liver disease. They also represent a potential source of infection for others. For reducing the future disease burden due to HCV, obstetrician/gynecologists and primary health care practitioners should be aware of the factors that promote HCV transmission: how to provide counseling and testing, and when specialist referral is needed.
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spelling pubmed-25517372008-09-25 The Role of Obstetrician/Gynecologists in the Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Gonik, Bernard Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Review Article Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease-related death and is also the most frequent indication for liver transplantation in USA. Infected individuals can remain asymptomatic for 20 years or more, but they remain at risk for progressive liver disease. They also represent a potential source of infection for others. For reducing the future disease burden due to HCV, obstetrician/gynecologists and primary health care practitioners should be aware of the factors that promote HCV transmission: how to provide counseling and testing, and when specialist referral is needed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008 2008-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC2551737/ /pubmed/18818775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/374517 Text en Copyright © 2008 Bernard Gonik. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The Role of Obstetrician/Gynecologists in the Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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title_full The Role of Obstetrician/Gynecologists in the Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551737/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/374517
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