PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Parry, Nicola ED - Chung, Raymond T. TI - Advances in the Treatment of Hepatitis C DP - 2014 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 19--20 VI - 14 IP - 51 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/51/19.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/51/19.full AB - Approximately 185 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and about 80% of patients who acquire the virus progress to develop chronic HCV infection. This article discusses current treatments, as well as the extrahepatic manifestations commonly associated with chronic HCV infection.