Future complications of chronic hepatitis C in a low-risk area: projections from the hepatitis c study in Northern Norway.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on September 16, 2017

Authors

H Kileng1,2, L Bernfort3, T Gutteberg4,5, O S Moen6, M G Kristiansen7, E J Paulssen6,8, L K Berg9, J Florholmen6,8, R Goll6,8

Author Affiliations

1: Gastroenterology and Nutrition Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. hege.kileng@unn.no.
2: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway. hege.kileng@unn.no.
3: Department of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden.
4: Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
5: Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
6: Gastroenterology and Nutrition Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
7: Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, Norway.
8: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
9: Department of Medicine, Helgeland Hospital, Mo i Rana, Norway.

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