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High TT virus load as an independent factor associated with the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with hepatitis C virus-related chronic liver disease.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2002
Tokita Hajime, Murai Seiyou, Kamitsukasa Hiroshi, Yagura Michiyasu, Harada Hideharu, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
The TT virus (TTV) load was estimated in sera obtained from 237 patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related chronic liver disease including 42 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), by real-time detection PCR using primers and a probe derived from the well-conserved untranslated region of the TTV genome, which can detect all known TTV genotypes. Of the 237 patients studied, 18 (8%) were negative for TTV...
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