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- Title
SASLT Position Statement on the Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
- Authors
Alghamdi, Abdullah S.; Alqutub, Adel; Abaalkhail, Faisal; Sanai, Faisal M.; Alghamdi, Hamdan; Altraif, Ibrahim; Alswat, Khalid A.; Alghamdi, Mohammed Y.; Babatin, Mohammed A.; Alfaleh, Faleh Z.
- Abstract
The article offers information on Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in Saudi Arabia. Statistics obtained from blood donor screening centers have pointed to prevalence rates of 0.4 to 1 percent. There are more than one lakh HCV infected patients in Saudi Arabia, of whom nearly 50 percent of them are expected to suffer from advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis.
- Subjects
ANTIVIRAL agents; COMBINATION drug therapy; HEPATITIS C; SEVERITY of illness index; PATIENT selection; INDIVIDUALIZED medicine; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015, Vol 21, Issue 2, p60
- ISSN
1319-3767
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/1319-3767.153810