title: Chronic hepatitis C: implications for the primary care clinician.
abstract: The seeds of an epidemic were sown 2 decades ago, and PAs need to be alert for those at risk for developing chronic hepatitis C before cirrhosis, liver failure, or liver cancer develops. Identifying the patient at risk is as uncomplicated as asking the right questions in the right setting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Herrera
mesh_terms: D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic