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Patients with chronic hepatitis C and normal transaminases.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Pereira Haydée Marina do Valle, Cavalheiro Norma de Paula, Tengan Fátima Mitiko, Melo Carlos Eduardo, Mello Evandro Sobroza de, Barone Antônio Alci
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus infection evolves progressively persisting in the majority of patients (85%). Most patients have high ALT (alanine aminotransferase) levels and approximately 25% normal ALT. The latter are usually female and there is no association between genotype and severity of hepatic lesion. Histologic analysis usually shows small lesion and absence or low amount of fibrosis, despite cirrhosis having been...
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