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Variation of hepatitis C virus load, hypervariable region 1 quasispecies and CD81 hepatocyte expression in hepatocellular carcinoma and adjacent non-cancerous liver.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2002
Young Kung-Chia, Lin Pin-Wen, Hsiao Wei-Chiang, Chang Ting-Tsung, Chang Yu-Chung, Wu Hwa-Lin
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is etiologically associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. HCV has been reported to exist and replicate in both HCC and adjacent non-cancerous liver tissue, but limited information was available on HCV viral load and quasispecies composition in HCC relative to adjacent non-cancerous hepatocytes. Previous study has also suggested CD81, a surface...
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