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Hepatitis C virus genotypes among HCV-chronic liver disease patients in Egypt: a leading trial.
The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association - 1 Jan 1994
El-Zayadi A, Simmonds P, Dabbous H, Selim O
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: In this trial, we have checked 50 anti-HCV positive, HCV-RNA PCR positive chronic liver disease cases, 44 males, 6 females with a mean age of 51 years. HCV-RNA extraction and genotyping was carried out at the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, U.K. results showed that 47 (94%) of patients were of genotype 4 and 3 (6%) were of genotype 1. Liver biopsies were performed in 22...
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