RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Perinatal hepatitis C virus infection: diagnosis and management
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 781
OP 785
DO 10.1136/adc.2005.081877
VO 91
IS 9
A1 S M Davison
A1 G Mieli-Vergani
A1 J Sira
A1 D A Kelly
YR 2006
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/91/9/781.abstract
AB Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in children is becoming an increasing challenge to health professionals. As our understanding of the disease evolves, so must our diagnostic and management strategies. In the 1990s, when HCV testing became available, children identified with HCV infection in the UK were mostly those who had required blood products, particularly those with haematological disorders. Acquiring knowledge of the natural history of HCV infection was confounded by the co-morbidity of iron overload, viral co-infection, and chemotherapy.