What Is Hepatitis C?

If you have hepatitis C, your liver is at risk.

Lanla Conteh, M.D., clinical associate professor of hepatology and gastroenterology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus, OH, gives the nuts and bolts of this virus and how it affects your body.

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