Tricyclic antidepressant use and the risk of fibrosis progression in hepatitis C‐infected persons: Results from ERCHIVES

Y. Chen, J.; Ren, Yanjie; Yan, P.; E. Belina, Morgan; T. Chung, Raymond; A. Butt, Adeel

doi:10.1111/jvh.12884

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Tricyclic antidepressant use and the risk of fibrosis progression in hepatitis C‐infected persons: Results from ERCHIVES

Published in Journal of Viral Hepatitis • Feb 25, 2018

Authors:

J. Y. Chen

Yanjie Ren

P. Yan

Abstract

Recent preclinical studies have suggested an antifibrotic role for tricyclic antidepressants (TCA). Using the Electronically Retrieved Cohort of hepatitis C virus (HCV) Infected Veterans, we aimed to evaluate the impact of TCA use on fibrosis progression and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (...

Subject

Medicine

Internal medicine

Cirrhosis

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