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Is chronic hepatitis C virus infection a risk factor for breast cancer? Larrey D, Bozonnat MC, Kain I, Pageaux GP, Assenat E. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Aug 7;16(29):3687-91.

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Effects of recognizing depression with a standardized questionnaire (CES-D) versus patient reporting of depression after a single-standardized question on the outcomes of treatment for hepatitis C with pegylated interferon-alpha-2b and ribavirin. Phillips FH, Prebis M, Grumbeck C, et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Aug 26. [Epub ahead of print]

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Ophthalmologic complications in children with chronic hepatitis C treated with pegylated interferon. Narkewicz MR, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Aug;51(2):183-6.

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Re-treatment of children with chronic hepatitis C who did not respond to interferon-alpha treatment. Gerner P, Hilbich J, Wenzl TG, et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Aug;51(2):187-90.

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Safety and immunogenicity of HCV E1E2 vaccine adjuvanted with MF59 administered to healthy adults. Frey SE, Houghton M, Coates S, et al. Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6367-73. Epub 2010 Jul 7.

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The interferon stimulated gene 15 functions as a proviral factor for the hepatitis C virus and as a regulator of the IFN response. Broering R, Zhang X, Kottilil S, et al. Gut. 2010 Aug;59(8):1111-9.

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Predictors of Early Treatment Discontinuation Among Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C and Implications for Viral Eradication. Beste LA, Ioannou GN, Larson M, Chapko M, Dominitz JA. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print]

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Hepatocellular carcinoma in individuals with HBV infection or HBV-HCV co-infection in a low endemic country. Davídsdóttir L, Duberg AS, Törner A, et al. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010 Aug;45(7-8):944-52.

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Development and progression of gastroesophageal varices in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Gentile I, Borgia G. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010 Aug;8(8):867-70.

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Evaluation of depression as a risk factor for treatment failure in chronic hepatitis C.

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HLA class I allele associations with HCV genetic variants in patients with chronic HCV genotypes 1a or 1b infection. Lange CM, Roomp K, Dragan A, et al. J Hepatol. 2010 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infects human hepatic stellate cells and promotes collagen I and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression: implications for the pathogenesis of HIV/hepatitis C virus-induced liver fibrosis. Tuyama AC, Hong F, Saiman Y, et al. Hepatology. 2010 Aug;52(2):612-22.

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Can serum hyaluronic acid replace simple non-invasive indexes to predict liver fibrosis in HIV/Hepatitis C coinfected patients? Resino S, Bellon JM, Asensio C, et al. BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 19;10(1):244. [Epub ahead of print]

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Relating the liver damage with hepatitis C virus polymorphism in core region and human variables in HIV-1-coinfected patients. Matas M, Picornell A, Cifuentes C, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Aug 20. [Epub ahead of print]

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Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with endothelial dysfunction in HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfected patients. de Castro IF, Micheloud D, Berenguer J, et al. AIDS. 2010 Aug 24;24(13):2059-67.

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Clinical and biologic importance of F-actin autoantibodies in HCV monoinfected and HCV-HIV coinfected patients. Hudacko RM, Alvarez GA, Talal AH, et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Aug;134(2):228-34.

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Long-Term Management of Hepatitis C-Seropositive Subjects with AntiOxidant Biofactor (AOB(R)), a Fermented Food Supplement. Myo-Khin, Myat-Tin-Htwe-Kyaw, Yi-Yi-Kyaw, et al. Acta Med Okayama. 2010 Aug;64(4):243-8.

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Procyanidin B1 purified from Cinnamomi cortex suppresses hepatitis C virus replication.

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The impact of hepatitis C virus infection on work absence, productivity, and healthcare benefit costs. Su J, Brook RA, Kleinman NL, Corey-Lisle P. Hepatology. 2010 Aug;52(2):436-42.

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Inflammatory bowel diseases and hepatitis C virus infection. Li YD, Lin JJ, Zheng SS. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2010 Aug;9(4):398-401.

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HCC develops even in the early stage of chronic liver disease in elderly patients with HCV infection. Takata A, Kuromatsu R, Ando E, et al. Int J Mol Med. 2010 Aug;26(2):249-56.

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Development and evaluation of an automated hepatitis C virus NS5B sequence-based subtyping assay. Koletzki D, Dumont S, Vermeiren H, Fevery B, De Smet P, Stuyver LJ. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2010 Aug;48(8):1095-102.

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Tobacco and other factors have a negative impact on quality of life in hepatitis C patients.

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