Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 7 , Pages 1900-1907, June 2008

Long-Term Course of Chronic Hepatitis C in Children: From Viral Clearance to End-Stage Liver Disease

  • Flavia Bortolotti

      Affiliations

    • Clinica Medica 5, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Flavia Bortolotti, MD, Clinica Medica 5, Policlinico Universitario, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. fax: (39) 049 875 4179.
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  • Gabriella Verucchi

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy
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  • Calogero Cammà

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, University of Palermo, Paleremo, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Cabibbo

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, University of Palermo, Paleremo, Italy
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  • Lucia Zancan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Indolfi

      Affiliations

    • Third Pediatric Clinic, Mayer Hospital, Florence, Italy
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  • Raffaella Giacchino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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  • Matilde Marcellini

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Service, Hospital Bambin Gesù, Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Grazia Marazzi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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  • Cristiana Barbera

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Clinic, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Maggiore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Pietro Vajro

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Clinic, University Federico II Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Samuela Bartolacci

      Affiliations

    • Clinica Medica 5, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Fiorella Balli

      Affiliations

    • First Pediatric Clinic, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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  • Anna Maccabruni

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico S. Mattia, Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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  • Maria Guido

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Italian Observatory for HCV Infection and Hepatitis C in Children

Received 11 November 2007; accepted 28 February 2008. published online 04 March 2008.

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 Conflicts of interest: No conflicts of interest exist.

PII: S0016-5085(08)00417-4

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.082

Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 7 , Pages 1900-1907, June 2008