Ongoing alcohol consumptions counteracts the benefits of sustained virological response in patients with well compensated hepatitis C cirrhosis: an observational study

Ann Hepatol. 2017;16(1):16-20. doi: 10.5604/16652681.1226812.

Authors

Ruben Hernaez¹, Hashem El-Serag¹

Affiliation

¹ Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 28051790
DOI: 10.5604/16652681.1226812

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Alcohol Abstinence
Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects*
Alcohol Drinking / mortality
Alcohol Drinking / prevention & control
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / mortality
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / prevention & control
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / virology*
Disease Progression
Hepatitis C / complications*
Hepatitis C / diagnosis
Hepatitis C / drug therapy
Hepatitis C / mortality
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / diagnosis
Liver Cirrhosis / mortality
Liver Cirrhosis / prevention & control
Liver Cirrhosis / virology*
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
Liver Neoplasms / mortality
Liver Neoplasms / prevention & control
Liver Neoplasms / virology*
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Time Factors

Substances

Antiviral Agents