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Prevalence of GBV-C/HGV-RNA, virus genotypes, and anti-E2 antibodies in autoimmune hepatitis.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Nov 1999
Tribl B, Schöniger-Hekele M, Petermann D, Bakos S, Penner E, Müller C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated the prevalence of hepatitis G-RNA (GBV-C/HGV-RNA), a recently cloned new flavivirus, and of antibodies to the envelope 2 antigen (anti-E2), a marker of past infection, in patients with autoimmune hepatitis, and compared it with the prevalence in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and healthy control individuals. METHODS: Sera of 63 patients with autoimmune hepatitis were studied for...
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