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Is compliance with antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C lower in intravenous drug users?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 3, pages 368–369 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textRobaeys G et al. (2006) Similar compliance and effect of treatment in chronic hepatitis C resulting from intravenous drug use in comparison with other infection causes. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 18: 159–166

Intravenous drug users with chronic hepatitis C are compliant to therapy and can be successfully treated with interferon-based therapy in a multidisciplinary clinical setting

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