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Hepatitis C virus and GBV-C/hepatitis G virus in Argentine patients with porphyria cutanea tarda.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2001
Oubiña J R, Quarleri J F, Sawicki M A, Mathet V L, Ruiz V, Schroder T, Méndez M, Parera V, Muramatsu H, Battle A, González Cappa S M, Fainboim H A
Abstract excerpt
To investigate hepatitis C virus (HCV) and GBV-C/hepatitis G virus (HGV) genotype prevalence among HCV-infected porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) patients, 19 HCV-infected patients with associated PCT were studied. A control group of 53 age-matched HCV-infected patients without associated PCT was selected. Eighteen of the 19 serologically positive HCV-PCT patients showed HCV RNA in serum. Genotype 1b was the most...
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