Treatment for chronic hepatitis C in a cohort of opiate substitution therapy recipients in three Swedish cities - completion rates and efficacy.
Författare
Summary, in English
Opiate substitution treatment (OST) programs could provide opportunities for management of comorbidities, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, in people who inject drugs. We aimed to prospectively evaluate the real-life feasibility of interferon/ribavirin-based HCV treatment in OST recipients, with a special focus on psychiatric status and health-related quality of life.
Avdelning/ar
- Infectious Diseases Research Unit
- Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö
Publiceringsår
2014
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
523-531
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepathology
Volym
26
Issue
5
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Ämne
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Infectious Diseases Research Unit
- Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1473-5687