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Viral hepatitis C.
Lancet (London, England) - 20 Dec 2003
Poynard Thierry, Yuen Man-Fung, Ratziu Vlad, Lai Ching Lung
Abstract excerpt
More than 170 million people worldwide are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is responsible for more than 100000 cases of liver cancer per year, with similar numbers of digestive haemorrhage and ascites episodes. Major breakthroughs have been made in diagnosis and treatment, and advances in molecular biology mean that the replicative state of the virus can now be assessed. Genotype and...
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