Unexpected high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C in the era of DAAs: Too alarming?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
³ Research and Treatment Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
⁵ Research and Treatment Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China. Electronic address: fswang302@163.com.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. Electronic address: johnyuem@zzu.edu.cn.

Comment

Qing-Lei Zeng et al. J Hepatol. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;65(5):1068-1069.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.07.029. Epub 2016 Jul 28.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
³ Research and Treatment Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
⁵ Research and Treatment Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China. Electronic address: fswang302@163.com.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. Electronic address: johnyuem@zzu.edu.cn.

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