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Author Topic: Hepatitis C–Related Advanced Liver Disease Is Tied to Increased Risk of Death  (Read 6476 times)

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Injection drug users (IDUs) with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have an elevated risk of death when they have severe fibrosis (scarring) or cirrhosis of the liver, Reuters Health reports. The same study that reached this conclusion found that it was difficult to predict who among those with hep C and more minor liver damage would see the severity of their liver disease progress over time.

Publishing their findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers from the ALIVE study analyzed data on a group of 964 people with a history of injection drug use in Baltimore spanning 2006 to 2014. Members of the cohort had their liver stiffness evaluated semiannually during this time.

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