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Factors predicting progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with transfusion-associated hepatitis C virus infection.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Mar 1999
Murakami C, Hino K, Korenaga M, Okazaki M, Okuda M, Nukui K, Okita K
Abstract excerpt
The clinical progression of chronic hepatitis C is not uniform throughout the entire period of infection and is more rapid in patients with advanced histologic disease. Our study was designed to identify factors contributing to progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma by taking the entire period of infection into consideration. Two hundred thirteen patients with transfusion-associated hepatitis type...
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