Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 1 , Pages 231-264, January 2006

American Gastroenterological Association Technical Review on the Management of Hepatitis C

  • Jules L. Dienstag

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit (Medical Services) Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine and Office of the Dean for Medical Education Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Chair, Clinical Practice and Economics Committee, AGA National Office, c/o Membership Department, 4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814Fax: (301) 654-5920.
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  • John G. McHutchison

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute Division of Gastroenterology Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina

Abbreviations used in this paper:  CI, confidence interval , EVR, early virologic response , HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy , HAI, histologic activity index , HIV, human immunodeficiency virus , IFN, interferon , MU, million units , OR, odds ratio , PEG, pegylated , RCT, randomized controlled trial , SVR, sustained virologic response

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 This literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the American Gastroenterological Association Clinical Practice and Economics Committee. It was approved by the Committee on September 17, 2005, and by the AGA Governing Board on November 6, 2005.

PII: S0016-5085(05)02270-5

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2005.11.010

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Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 1 , Pages 231-264, January 2006