APASL consensus statements and management algorithms for hepatitis C virus infection

• DOI: 10.1007/s12072-012-9342-y
• Publication Date: 2012-02-29T14:47:41Z
• Authors: Masao Omata; Tatsuo Kanda; Ming-Lung Yu; Osamu Yokosuka; Seng-Gee Lim; Wasim Jafri; Ryosuke Tateishi; Saeed S. Hamid; Wan-Long Chuang; Anuchit Chutaputti; Lai Wei; Jose Sollano; Shiv Kumar Sarin; Jia-Horng Kao; Geoffrey W. McCau...
• Keywords: Asia-Pacific; Hepatitis virus

The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) convened an international working party on the "APASL Consensus Statements and Management Algorithms for Hepatitis C Virus Infection" in December, 2010, in order to revise "Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver consensus statements on the diagnosis, management and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection (J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22:615-633, 2007)". The working party consisted of expert hepatologists from the Asian-Pacific region gathered at Makuhari, Chiba, Japan on 19 December 2010. New data were presented, discussed and debated to draft a revision. Participants of the consensus meeting assessed the quality of cited studies. Finalized recommendations are presented in this review.