Direct-acting antiviral therapy is associated with a reduced risk of selected immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in chronic hepatitis C infection: A real-world cohort study

• Yeong-Jang Lin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: linyeongjang@gmail.com

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of General Education, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1184-4335

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• Chia-Chih Kuo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chih-Cheng Lai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hung-An Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chao-Yu Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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