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Contribution of hepatitis C virus to the progression of alcoholic liver disease.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 2000
Tanaka T, Yabusako T, Yamashita T, Kondo K, Nishiguchi S, Kuroki T, Monna T
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BACKGROUND: We determined hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody, HCV RNA, and genotype in patients with alcoholic liver disease and studied the involvement of HCV in alcoholic liver disease. Additionally, we used the histological activity index (HAI) to study the influence of HCV on the severity of inflammation. METHODS: The subjects were 143 patients with alcoholic liver disease: 7 with fatty liver (FL), 18 with...
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