Incidence of depression in patients with hepatitis C treated with direct-acting antivirals
Objective: Depression has been associated with hepatitis C, as well as with its treatment with proinflammatory cytokines (i.e., interferon). The new direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have minimal adverse effects and high potency, with a direct inhibitory effect on non-structural viral proteins....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462019005012103&lng=en&tlng=en |