Sustained virological response and metabolic risk factors are associated with mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Yi-Hao Yen; Kwong-Ming Kee; Chien-Hung Chen; Tsung-Hui Hu; Sheng-Nan Lu; Jing-Houng Wang; Chao-Hung Hung

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208858

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Sustained virological response and metabolic risk factors are associated with mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Yi-Hao Yen,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Kwong-Ming Kee,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chien-Hung Chen,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Tsung-Hui Hu ,

Roles Supervision

* E-mail: dr.hu@msa.hinet.net

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-1967

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Sheng-Nan Lu,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Jing-Houng Wang,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chao-Hung Hung

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Sustained virological response and metabolic risk factors are associated with mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Yi-Hao Yen,
Kwong-Ming Kee,
Chien-Hung Chen,
Tsung-Hui Hu,
Sheng-Nan Lu,
Jing-Houng Wang,
Chao-Hung Hung

Published: January 9, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208858

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