The new paradigm of hepatitis C therapy: integration of oral therapies into best practices.

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Published in J Viral Hepat on November 01, 2013

Authors

N H Afdhal1, S Zeuzem, R T Schooley, D L Thomas, J W Ward, A H Litwin, H Razavi, L Castera, T Poynard, A Muir, S H Mehta, L Dee, C Graham, D R Church, A H Talal, M S Sulkowski, I M Jacobson, New Paradigm of HCV Therapy Meeting Participants

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Nurse Case Management to Improve Hepatitis C Care in HIV Co-infection (Care2Cure) | NCT02707991

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