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Clinical implications of TT virus superinfection in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jul 2000
Watanabe H, Saito T, Kawamata O, Shao L, Aoki M, Terui Y, Mitsuhashi H, Matsuo T, Takeda Y, Saito K, Togashi H, Shinzawa H, Takahashi T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: TT virus (TTV) has been identified as a candidate agent of non-A-E hepatitis virus. We investigated superinfection of TTV in patients with chronic hepatitis C and studied the susceptibility to interferon (IFN) treatment and its association with liver disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). METHODS: TTV DNA was examined using the seminested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and its virus level was...
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