Global Elimination of Chronic Hepatitis
- 23 May 2019
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 380 (21), 2041-2050
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1810477
Abstract
Chronic viral hepatitis is a public health hazard, leading to cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Vaccination, reduction of transmission, and medical therapy have begun to provide tools necessary to eliminate the disease.Keywords
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