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Intrahepatic hepatitis C virus replication is increased in patients with regular alcohol consumption.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Nov 2001
Romero-Gómez M, Grande L, Nogales M C, Fernández M, Chavez M, Castro M
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AIMS: To assess clinical significance of liver hepatitis C virus RNA levels and their relationship with epidemiological, biochemical and histological factors. METHODS: A total of 50 patients (mean age 35.5+/-7 years) with biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis C infection were recruited. Risk factors were drug abuse (n=21), transfusion (n=16), other parental routes (n=8; surgery=3, tattooing=5), and idiopathic (n=5)....
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