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[Distribution of the genotypes of hepatitis C virus in intravenous drug addicts in Argentina].
Medicina - 1 Jan 1999
Findor J A, Sordá J A, Daruich J, Bruch Igartua E, Manero E, Avagnina A, Benbassat D, Rey J, Nakatsuno M
Abstract excerpt
Intravenous drug addiction (IVD) is an unfrequent risk factor in Argentina, representing less than 10% of patients (pts) with chronic HCV infection seen in our Unit. In order to study the genotypes (Gt) in IVD and compare them with a non drug addicted control population, 68 pts with a history of IVD were enrolled in this study and compared with 68 non drug addict (NDA) pts with chronic HCV, with similar age and...
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