Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified? Several organisations have recommended greatly expanded screening for hepatitis C infection. Ronald Koretz and colleagues are concerned that no study has tested whether this will lead to net clinical benefit or harm in screened populations

Ronald L. Koretz, Kenneth W. Lin, John P.A. Ioannidis, Jeanne Lenzer

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	g7809
Journal	BMJ (Online)
Volume	350
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7809
State	Published - Jan 13 2015

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Koretz, R. L., Lin, K. W., Ioannidis, J. P. A., & Lenzer, J. (2015). Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified? Several organisations have recommended greatly expanded screening for hepatitis C infection. Ronald Koretz and colleagues are concerned that no study has tested whether this will lead to net clinical benefit or harm in screened populations. BMJ (Online), 350, Article g7809. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7809

Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified? Several organisations have recommended greatly expanded screening for hepatitis C infection. Ronald Koretz and colleagues are concerned that no study has tested whether this will lead to net clinical benefit or harm in screened populations. / Koretz, Ronald L.; Lin, Kenneth W.; Ioannidis, John P.A. et al.
In: BMJ (Online), Vol. 350, g7809, 13.01.2015.

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Koretz, RL, Lin, KW, Ioannidis, JPA & Lenzer, J 2015, 'Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified? Several organisations have recommended greatly expanded screening for hepatitis C infection. Ronald Koretz and colleagues are concerned that no study has tested whether this will lead to net clinical benefit or harm in screened populations', BMJ (Online), vol. 350, g7809. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7809

Koretz RL, Lin KW, Ioannidis JPA, Lenzer J. Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified? Several organisations have recommended greatly expanded screening for hepatitis C infection. Ronald Koretz and colleagues are concerned that no study has tested whether this will lead to net clinical benefit or harm in screened populations. BMJ (Online). 2015 Jan 13;350:g7809. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7809

Koretz, Ronald L. ; Lin, Kenneth W. ; Ioannidis, John P.A. et al. / Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified? Several organisations have recommended greatly expanded screening for hepatitis C infection. Ronald Koretz and colleagues are concerned that no study has tested whether this will lead to net clinical benefit or harm in screened populations. In: BMJ (Online). 2015 ; Vol. 350.

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