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Virological analysis, genotypes and mutational patterns of the HBV precore/core gene in HBV/HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Sept 2006
De Mitri M S, Cassini R, Morsica G, Bagaglio S, Andreone P, Loggi E, Muratori P, Bernardi M
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the replicative profile of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses and the mutational pattern of the HBV precore/core (pre-C/C) domain in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Thirty-eight consecutive patients with HCC were included in the study - 18 of them with HBV/HCV co-infection and 20 with HBV single infection. Twenty-three additional patients with co-infection, without HCC were recruited...
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