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Viral Hepatitis

Estimation of stage‐specific fibrosis progression rates in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

A meta‐analysis and meta‐regression†

Thein, Hla‐Hla*,1,2,‡; Yi, Qilong3; Dore, Gregory J.4; Krahn, Murray D.1,2,5

1University Health Network, Division of Clinical Decision‐Making and Health Care Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative (THETA), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3National Epidemiology and Surveillance, Canadian Blood Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

4National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

5University of Toronto, Departments of Medicine and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Division of Clinical Decision‐Making & Health Care Research, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street EN13‐222A, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada===

Received December 17, 2007

Accepted April 10, 2008