Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and associated risk factors in hepatitis C-related advanced liver disease.

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Published in Gastroenterology on September 18, 2008

Authors

Anna S Lok1, Leonard B Seeff, Timothy R Morgan, Adrian M di Bisceglie, Richard K Sterling, Teresa M Curto, Gregory T Everson, Karen L Lindsay, William M Lee, Herbert L Bonkovsky, Jules L Dienstag, Marc G Ghany, Chihiro Morishima, Zachary D Goodman, HALT-C Trial Group

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. aslok@umich.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Long Term Interferon for Patients Who Did Not Clear Hepatitis C Virus With Standard Treatment (HALT-C) | NCT00006164

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