"A Combined Management Protocol for Patents with Coagulation Disorders Infected with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 22nd International Congress of the World Federation of Hemophilia, held June 23-28, 1996, in Dublin, Ireland, "Chronic liver disease due to HCV is common in adults with coagulation disorders. We describe a combined hepato-haematological approach to the management of chronic HCV infection in these patients. Case records of the 394 adults attending our haemophilia unit were reviewed. Patients who had ever received cryoprecipitate or factor concentrate were invited to attend a Joint hepato-haematological clinic. Following counselling, liver biopsy was offered to HCV RIB A positive patients fulfilling the following criteria: age...

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