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Hepatitis C virus genotypes and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of digestive diseases - 1 Feb 2007
Stankovic-Djordjevic Dobrila, Djordjevic Nebojsa, Tasic Gordana, Dinic Marina, Karanikolic Aleksandar, Pesic Milica
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in our geographic area, and to determine if there is a correlation between HCV genotypes and the development of HCC. METHODS: Thirty-six patients with HCV-related HCC and 35 controls with HCV-associated cirrhosis without HCC were studied. The diagnosis of HCV...
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