Natural history of decompensated hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis. A study of 200 patients.

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Published in J Hepatol on May 01, 2004

Authors

Ramon Planas1, Belén Ballesté, Marco Antonio Alvarez, Monica Rivera, Silvia Montoliu, Josep Anton Galeras, Justiniano Santos, Susanna Coll, Rosa Maria Morillas, Ricard Solà

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain. rplanas@ns.hugtip.scs.es

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