Improved Survival Among all Interferon-α-Treated Patients in HCV-002, a Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Cohort of 2211 Patients, Despite Increased Cirrhosis Among Nonresponders.

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Published in Dig Dis Sci on April 08, 2016

Authors

Myrna L Cozen1, James C Ryan1, Hui Shen1, Ramsey Cheung2, David E Kaplan3, Christine Pocha4, Norbert Brau5, Ayse Aytaman6, Warren N Schmidt7, Marcos Pedrosa8, Bhupinderjit S Anand9, Kyong-Mi Chang3, Timothy Morgan10, Alexander Monto11

Author Affiliations

1: San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, 4150 Clement St #111B, San Francisco, CA, 94121, USA.
2: Palo Alto VA Medical Center and Stanford University, 3801 Miranda Ave, GI/Hepatology #154C, Palo Alto, CA, 94304-1207, USA.
3: Philadelphia VA Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania, A212 Medical Research, University and Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
4: Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 1 Veterans Drive, GI, Minneapolis, MN, 55417, USA.
5: Bronx VA Medical Center, 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY, 10468, USA.
6: New York Harbor Brooklyn and Manhattan VA Medical Centers, 800 Poly Pl, Brooklyn, NY, 11209, USA.
7: Iowa City VA Medical Center and the University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
8: Boston VA Health Care System and AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, 85 E. Concord St. #7700, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
9: Houston VA Medical Center and Baylor University, Digestive Disease Section, #111D, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030-4211, USA.
10: Long Beach VA Medical Center and University of California Irvine, #111G, 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach, CA, 90822-5201, USA.
11: San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, 4150 Clement St #111B, San Francisco, CA, 94121, USA. Alexander.Monto@va.gov.

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