Changes in Bone Microarchitecture and Inflammatory Cytokines After Cure of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection With Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy

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Vincent Lo Re · Center for Clinical Research (United States)

Dena M. Carbonari · Center for Clinical Research (United States)

Craig Newcomb · Center for Clinical Research (United States)

Jessie Torgersen · Center for Clinical Research (United States)

Erica J Weinstein · University of Pennsylvania

Siobhán Smith · Center for Clinical Research (United States)

Katherine L Brecker

Abstract

Participants with cured HCV had no significant changes in bone microarchitecture by HR-pQCT 18 months after DAA initiation compared with controls, but did have decreases in IL-18 and TNF-α versus controls.

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Hepatitis C virus research Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

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Published in: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volume 12, Issue 9, pp. ofaf571-ofaf571

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf571

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Changes in Bone Microarchitecture and Inflammatory Cytokines After Cure of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection With Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy

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