Improved liver function in patients with cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus who achieve sustained virologic response is not accompanied by increased liver volume.

Improved liver function in patients with cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus who achieve sustained virologic response is not accompanied by increased liver volume.

<h4>Background</h4>Serum albumin level improves in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who achieve sustained virologic response (SVR) with antiviral therapy. However, it remains controversial whether liver volume increases along with SVR.<h4>Methods</h4>Pa...

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Main Authors: Taijiro Wake, Ryosuke Tateishi, Tsuyoshi Fukumoto, Ryo Nakagomi, Mizuki Nishibatake Kinoshita, Takuma Nakatsuka, Masaya Sato, Tatsuya Minami, Koji Uchino, Kenichiro Enooku, Hayato Nakagawa, Hidetaka Fujinaga, Yoshinari Asaoka, Yasuo Tanaka, Motoyuki Otsuka, Kazuhiko Koike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231836

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231836

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