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Dirk Posthouwer
Researcher at Maastricht University Medical Centre
Publications - 48
Citations - 823
Dirk Posthouwer is an academic researcher from Maastricht University Medical Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis C & Hepatitis C virus. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 44 publications receiving 680 citations. Previous affiliations of Dirk Posthouwer include Gelre Hospitals & Utrecht University.
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8 weeks of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir is effective in DAA-naive non-cirrhotic HCV genotype 4 infected patients (HEPNED-001 study)
Anne Boerekamps,Thomas Vanwolleghem,Thomas Vanwolleghem,Marc van der Valk,Guido E.L. van den Berk,Marjo E. E. van Kasteren,Dirk Posthouwer,Anthonius S. M. Dofferhoff,Bart van Hoek,Dewkoemar Ramsoekh,Jelle Koopsen,Janke Schinkel,Eric Florence,Joop E. Arends,Bart J. A. Rijnders +14 more
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The influence of ethnicity on disease outcome in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
Özgür M Koc,Geert Robaeys,Geert Robaeys,Beytullah Yildirim,Dirk Posthouwer,Niel Hens,Niel Hens,Ger H. Koek,Ger H. Koek +8 more
TL;DR: In this study, foreign‐born chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients were associated with more advanced HBV‐related liver disease with 27% having cirrhosis, however, ethnicity was not associated with Cirrhosis when SES was included in the multivariate analysis.
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Retrieval of chronic hepatitis C patients. A manifesto for action to eliminate hepatitis C in the Netherlands: The CELINE project
M.M. van Dijk,Patricia A. M. Kracht,Joop E. Arends,Hans Blokzijl,David M. Burger,K.J. van Erpecum,B. van Hoek,R.J. de Knegt,Dirk Posthouwer,Dewkoemar Ramsoekh,Bart J. A. Rijnders,Janke Schinkel,S.B. Willemse,M. van der Valk,Joost P.H. Drenth +14 more
TL;DR: A national effort to curtail the HCV epidemic in the Netherlands through an HCV retrieval and linkage to care project (CELINE: Hepatitis C Elimination inThe Netherlands) is described.
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Significant liver damage in patients with bleeding disorders and chronic hepatitis C
TL;DR: An unexpected high number of patients with significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with bleeding disorders and hepatitis C detected by LSM are found, with considerable impact on the management of the disease.
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Horizontal hepatitis B virus transmission through non-sexual close contact in Turkish chronic hepatitis B patients living outside of Turkey.
TL;DR: Although the prevalence of horizontal transmission in the total study cohort is low, non-sexual close contact may play a role in the migrant population, particularly the Turkish, which should be an important public health target with respect to the prevention of HBV spreading.