Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 12
Letter
Spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C in an immunocompetent patient

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6909/2020

Laura López Couceiro, María Luisa Manzano Alonso, Inmaculada Fernández Vázquez,

Abstract
Spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is rare and the cases described have been mainly in immunosuppressed patients (HIV). For this reason, we report the case of an immunocompetent patient diagnosed with chronic HCV infection with spontaneous clearance of the virus.
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López Couceiro L, Manzano Alonso M, Fernández Vázquez I. Spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C in an immunocompetent patient. 6909/2020


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Publication history

Received: 24/01/2020

Accepted: 12/03/2020

Online First: 15/10/2020

Published: 09/12/2020

Article revision time: 27 days

Article Online First time: 265 days

Article editing time: 320 days


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