Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming increasingly popular in North America. The use of CAM is also popular in patients with chronic liver disease but is not well documented. The extent of use of CAM in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients was determined, and the demo...
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| author | Colin P White Gerilynn Hirsch Sunil Patel Fatin Adams Kevork M Peltekian |
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| description | Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming increasingly popular in North America. The use of CAM is also popular in patients with chronic liver disease but is not well documented. The extent of use of CAM in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients was determined, and the demographic and clinical data between users and nonusers of CAM was compared. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1b7d44239a6d4b0194afe7bea18569622025-02-03T06:07:13ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002007-01-0121958959510.1155/2007/231636Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C VirusColin P White0Gerilynn Hirsch1Sunil Patel2Fatin Adams3Kevork M Peltekian4Hepatology Services, Division of Gastroenterology, Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University and the Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaHepatology Services, Division of Gastroenterology, Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University and the Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaHepatology Services, Division of Gastroenterology, Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University and the Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaRockyview General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaHepatology Services, Division of Gastroenterology, Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University and the Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming increasingly popular in North America. The use of CAM is also popular in patients with chronic liver disease but is not well documented. The extent of use of CAM in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients was determined, and the demographic and clinical data between users and nonusers of CAM was compared.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/231636 |
| spellingShingle | Colin P White Gerilynn Hirsch Sunil Patel Fatin Adams Kevork M Peltekian Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus |
| title_full | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus |
| title_fullStr | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus |
| title_short | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus |
| title_sort | complementary and alternative medicine use by patients chronically infected with hepatitis c virus |
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