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Hepatitis C

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hepatitis C fact sheet. Last reviewed December 8, 2006. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/fact.htm. Accessed September 13, 2006, June 22, 2007, and May 30, 2008.

Copegus [package insert]. Nutley, NJ. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. May 2004.

FDA website Accessed August 2, 2006 at: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/401_hepc.html

Hepatitis B Foundation. Available at: http://www.hepb.org/. Accessed September 13, 2006.

Hepatitis Central. Hepatitis C. No date given. Available at: http://www.hepatitis-central.com/. Accessed July 8, 2005, June 22, 2007, and May 30,2008.

Koff RS. Hepatitis C. In: Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR, eds. Infectious Diseases. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders; 1998.

Lauer GM, Walker BD. Hepatitis C Virus Infection. New England Journal of Medicine. 2001;345:41-52.

Levantesi BS. Triple antiviral therapy as a new option for patients with interferon nonresponsive chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 2000;32:630-634.

McHutchinson JG. Potential New Therapies for Hepatitis C. Paper presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 50th Annual Meeting, 1999. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/medscape/CNO/1999/AASLD/AASLD.06.html. Accessed April 18, 2001.

Medscape Pharmacists Home Page. Available at: http://www.medscape.com. Accessed April 2001 and May 30, 2008.

National Center for Infectious Diseases: Viral Hepatitis Home Page. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/index.htm. Accessed September 13, 2006 and My 30, 2008.

National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Chronic hepatitis C: current disease management. February 2003. Available at: http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/chronichepc/#G. Accessed July 8, 2005, June 22, 2007, and May 30, 2008

Pegasys [package insert]. Nutley, NJ. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. 2003.

Raebel RA, Vondracek TG. Viral hepatitis. In: Dipiro JT, Talbert, RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey LM, eds. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2005.

Wedemeyer H, Manns MP. Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection -- What Is on the Horizon (or Even Closer)? Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL); April 14-18, 2004; Berlin, Germany. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/474625_print. Accessed August 25, 2004.

Younossi, Zobair M. Specifically Targeted Antiviral Therapy (STAT-C) for Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/556641_print. Accessed June 22, 2007

Highleyman, Liz. New HCV Preferred Treatment. Hepatitis C Information Center. Available at: http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2007/05/new_hcv_preferr.html. Accessed June 22, 2007 and May 30, 2008.

World Health Organization. Available at: http://www.who.int/en/. Accessed August 2, 2006, June 22, 2007, and May 30, 2008.

Hepatitis Neighborhood. Available at: http://www.hepatitisneighborhood.com. Accessed June 26, 2007 and May 30, 2008.

Directors of Health Promotion and Education. Available at: http://www.dhpe.org/hepc.htm. Accessed May 30, 2008.

Hepatitis C Information Central, R1626. Available at: http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2008/04/investigational.html. Accessed May 30, 2008.

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