Accurate Prediction of Advanced Liver Fibrosis Using the Decision Tree Learning Algorithm in Chronic Hepatitis C Egyptian Patients by Somaya Hashem, Gamal Esmat, Wafaa Elakel, Shahira Habashy, Safaa Abdel Raouf, Samar Darweesh, Mohamad Soliman, Mohamed Elhefnawi, Mohamed El-Adawy, Mahmoud ElHefnawi

“…Methods. 39,567 patients with chronic hepatitis C were included and randomly divided into two separate sets. …”
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Clinical Impact of Viral Load on the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver-Related Mortality in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Ran Noh, Doo Hyuck Lee, Byoung Woon Kwon, Yong Hyun Kim, Suk Bae Kim, Il Han Song

“…This study aimed to assess clinical impact of hepatitis C viral load on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver-related mortality in HCV-infected patients. …”
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The Role of Hepatic Expression of STAT1, SOCS3 and PIAS1 in the Response of Chronic Hepatitis C Patients to Therapy by Sherif El-Saadany, Dina H Ziada, Hanan El Bassat, Wael Farrag, Hesham El-Serogy, Manal Eid, Manal Abdallah, Medhat Ghazy, Hoda A Salem

“…BACKGROUND: The underlying mechanisms of hepatitis C virus (HCV) resistance to treatment are unknown. …”
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The Role of Monocyte/Macrophage and CXCR3 in Differentiation between Recurrent Hepatitis C and Acute Cellular Rejection Postliver Transplantation by Asmaa Ibrahim Gomaa, Nermine Ahmed Ehsan, Ahmed A. Elrefaei, Mervat Mohamed Sultan, Maha Mohamed Elsabaawy

“…Twenty-nine cases of recurrent hepatitis C and 26 cases of ACR were included in this study. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in a Surgical Population of Southeast China: A Large-Scale Multicenter Study by Ping Chen, Yang Zheng, Yubo Cai, Pengfei Zou, Nan Li, Conggao Peng, Hainv Gao, Jimin Liu, Yongping Chen, Zhaowei Tong, Lanjuan Li

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Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics? by Thomas J. Stopka, Robin M. Nance, L. Sarah Mixson, Hunter Spencer, Judith I. Tsui, Judith M. Leahy, Mai T. Pho, Jean DeJace, Judith Feinberg, April M. Young, Wei-Teng Yang, Amelia Baltes, Eric Romo, Randall T. Brown, Kerry Nolte, William C. Miller, William A. Zule, Wiley D. Jenkins, Joseph A. Delaney, Peter D. Friedmann

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A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial of Recombinant Interferon-Alpha-2a in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Masafumi Komatsu, Tsuyoshi Ono, Ko Nakajima, Itaru Toyoshima, Mitsuro Chiba, Osamu Masamune, Shunji Ohkubo, Tsukasa Yoshida, Hitoshi Yagisawa, Kanji Komatsu, Hideki Wakamatsu, Nobuo Yamada, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Mukojima, Mitsuo Goto

“…Sixty-one chronic hepatitis C patients were randomly assigned to receive either 6x106 or 9x106 U of recombinant interferon-alpha-2a (IFNα-2a) six days a week for the first two weeks of treatment, followed in both cases by 6x106 U three days a week for the next 22 weeks. …”
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Real World Experience of Chronic Hepatitis C Retreatment with Genotype Specific Regimens in Nonresponders to Previous Interferon-Free Therapy by Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk, Iwona Buczyńska, Krzysztof Simon, Magdalena Tudrujek-Zdunek, Ewa Janczewska, Dorota Dybowska, Marek Sitko, Beata Dobracka, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Paweł Pabjan, Jakub Klapaczyński, Łukasz Laurans, Włodzimierz Mazur, Łukasz Socha, Olga Tronina, Miłosz Parczewski, Robert Flisiak

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HBV DNA integration and somatic mutations in HCC patients with HBV-HCV dual infection reveals profiles intermediate between HBV- and HCV-related HCC by Chiao-Ling Li, Chia-Lang Hsu, You-Yu Lin, Ming-Chih Ho, Rey-Heng Hu, Sheng-Tai Tzeng, Ya-Chun Wang, Yasuhito Tanaka, Pei-Jer Chen, Shiou-Hwei Yeh

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Epidemiological Study of Hepatitis B, C and HIV Cases among the Foreigners Visiting Sulaimani City from 2013 Through 2016 by Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Asan Baram Hasan, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

Subjects: “…Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, Prevalence, Foreigners,Sulaimani…”
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Global progress, challenges and strategies in eliminating public threat of viral hepatitis by Sihui Zhang, Fuqiang Cui

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Isolation, Characterization, and Molecular Modeling of a Rheumatoid Factor from a Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patient with Sjögren’s Syndrome by Yu-Ching Lee, Keng-Chang Tsai, Sy-Jye Leu, Tuan-Jen Wang, Chia-Yu Liu, Yi-Yuan Yang

“…To study IgG RFs in patients with other autoimmune diseases, phage display antibody libraries from a hepatitis C virus infected patient with Sjögren’s syndrome were constructed. …”
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Long-Term Consequences of Hepatitis C Viral Clearance on the CD4 (+) T Cell Lymphocyte Course in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients by J. Dazley, R. Sison, J. Slim

“…We retrospectively enrolled HIV/HCV-coinfected patients on HIV medications and treated for hepatitis C. CD4 + T cell counts were registered at baseline and after hepatitis C therapy. …”
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Ocular manifestations and treatment safety in hepatitis C patients undergoing direct-acting antiviral therapy: a prospective cohort study by Guilherme Thomé de Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo Brandão Mello, Kelma Macedo Pohlmann Simões, Mário Martins dos Santos Motta, Max Kopti Fakoury, Bruno Vasconcelos Coimbra, Laura Gomes Nunes Melo, Flávio Mac Cord Medina

“…Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted involving chronic hepatitis C patients undergoing direct-acting antiviral therapy. …”
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Seroprevalences of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus among Participants of an Asian Health Fair in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia by Stephen Ip, Jo-Ann Ford, Kirby Lau, Vladimir Marquez, Marisa Guan, Carolyn Klassen, Jessica Chan, WC Peter Kwan, Mel Krajden, Eric M Yoshida

“…BACKGROUND: The seroprevalences of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are 0.4% and 0.8%, respectively, in Canada, but varying rates have been reported in different populations.…”
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A Novel Use of Early Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Hyperbilirubinemia in a Patient with Primary Hepatic Lymphoma and Chronic Hepatitis C by Venkata S. Tammana, Rehana Begum, Patricia Oneal, Hemamalini Karpurapu, Amruta Muley, Sri Lakshmi Hyndavi Yeruva, Jacquelyn Dunmore-Griffith, Eyasu Mekonen, Nabhani Hasan

“…Here, we describe a case of Hepatitis C virus infection with primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) presenting with hyperbilirubinemia. …”
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Early Changes in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA Levels Predict Response to Interferon Treatment in Non-Cirrhotic HCV Patients by Glen Fallows, Kelly Kaita, Gerald Minuk, Faye Penner, Gerry Smart, Magdy Dawood, Barry Rosser

“…The role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA quantification in determining ideal interferon (IFN) treatment of noncirrhotic HCV liver disease is uncertain. …”
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Hepatitis B prevalence in an endemic area of hepatitis C virus: A population-based study implicated in hepatitis elimination in Thailand by Nawarat Posuwan, Rujipat Wasitthankasem, Napaporn Pimsing, Wijittra Phaengkha, Saranya Ngamnimit, Preeyaporn Vichaiwattana, Sirapa Klinfueng, Maneerat Raksayod, Yong Poovorawan

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Increased Duodenal Iron Absorption through Upregulation of Ferroportin 1 due to the Decrement in Serum Hepcidin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Masanori Sato, Koji Miyanishi, Shingo Tanaka, Akira Sakurada, Hiroki Sakamoto, Yutaka Kawano, Kohichi Takada, Masayoshi Kobune, Junji Kato

“…Hepatic iron accumulation is generally increased in the chronic hepatitis C (CHC) liver; however, the precise mechanism of such accumulation remains unclear. …”
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Pilot Study of Ofloxacin and Interferon-Alpha Combination Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C without Sustained Response to Initial Interferon Therapy by Masafumi Komatsu, Tohru Ishii, Tsuyoshi Ono, Takao Hoshino, Tomoyuki Kuramitsu, Takashi Goto, Tomoo Fujii, Itaru Toyoshima, Mitsuro Chiba, Osamu Masamune

“…A controlled trial comparing combination therapy with ofloxacin (OFLX) and interferon (IFN) versus IFN monotherapy was conducted in patients with chronic hepatitis C who failed IFN therapy. …”
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