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HCV liver infection and liver steatosis: evidence for indirect mechanisms in genotype 3?
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Nov 2005
Grassi A, Ballardini G, Susca M, Bianchini F, Bonoli S, Bianchi F B, Lenzi M
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with the appearance of liver steatosis. AIM: To search for a correlation between the number of HCV infected hepatocytes and the presence, amount and distribution of steatosis. METHODS: A total of 124 frozen liver biopsies from HCV patients (genotype 3 = 21) were studied. HCV-antigens were detected on frozen liver sections using a four steps...
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