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Hepatitis C virus genotype 3 predominates in North and Central India and is associated with significant histopathologic liver disease.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2006
Hissar Syed S, Goyal Ankur, Kumar Manoj, Pandey Chandana, Suneetha P V, Sood Ajit, Midha Vandana, Sakhuja Puja, Malhotra Veena, Sarin Shiv K
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes help to tailor the treatment response, but their influence on the disease severity and association with hepatic steatosis is not well understood. The prevalence of HCV genotypes and their correlation with the histopathological severity of liver disease and steatosis in Indian patients were studied. HCV-RNA and genotyping was carried out in 398 patients with chronic hepatitis C....
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