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Cohort effect of HCV infection in liver cirrhosis assessed by a 25 year study.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2000
Stanta G, Crocè L S, Bonin S, Tisminetzky S G, Baralle F E, Tiribelli C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The role of HCV infection in the development of chronic liver disease is still unclear. OBJECTIVES: Assess the presence of HCV infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. STUDY DESIGN: 123 cases of cirrhotic liver randomly selected over a 25 years period (1969-1994) from the autopsy archives of the Pathology Department of the University of Trieste, Italy, were analyzed for the presence of HCV viral...
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