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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2012; 18(12): 1339-1347
Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1339
Chronic hepatitis C: Treat or wait? Medical decision making in clinical practice
Claus Niederau, Dietrich Hüppe, Elmar Zehnter, Bernd Möller, Renate Heyne, Stefan Christensen, Rainer Pfaff, Arno Theilmeier, Ulrich Alshuth, Stefan Mauss
Claus Niederau, Katholische Kliniken Oberhausen, St. Josef Hospital, Klinik für Innere Medizin, Oberhausen 46045, Germany
Dietrich Hüppe, Medical Office for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Herne 44623, Germany
Elmar Zehnter, Medical Office for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dortmund 44263, Germany
Bernd Möller, Renate Heyne, Medical Office for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Berlin 10969, Germany
Stefan Christensen, Center for Interdisciplinary Medicine, Mü­nster 48143, Germany
Rainer Pfaff, Medical Office for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gießen 35392, Germany
Arno Theilmeier, Medical Office for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mönchengladbach 41239, Germany
Ulrich Alshuth, Roche Pharma AG, Medical Management Virology, Grenzach-Wyhlen 79639, Germany
Stefan Mauss, Center for HIV and Hepatogastroenterology, Dü­sseldorf 40237, Germany
Author contributions: Niederau C and Alshuth U performed the data analysis and did most of the writing of the paper; Hüppe D, Alshuth U, Mauss S and Zehnter E were involved in the design of the study; Hüppe D, Alshuth U, Mauss S, Zehnter E, Möller B, Heyne R, Christensen S, Pfaff R and Theilmeier A were involved in the contribution of patients, in the preparation of the analysis, and in the interpretation of the data; all authors were involved in the preparation of the manuscript.
Supported by Investigator fees from by Roche Pharma AG Germany for contributing data to the study
Correspondence to: Claus Niederau, Professor, Katholische Kliniken Oberhausen gGmbH, St. Josef Hospital, Klinik für Innere Medizin, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Duisburg-Essen, Mülheimer Str. 83, 46045 Oberhausen, Germany. claus.niederau@st-josef.de
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Received: March 31, 2010
Revised: June 3, 2010
Accepted: June 10, 2010
Published online: March 28, 2012
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