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Low occurrence of occult hepatitis B virus infection and high frequency of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 in hepatocellular carcinoma in Brazil.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Mar 2008
Alencar R S M, Gomes M M S, Sitnik R, Pinho J R R, Malta F M, Mello I M V G C, Mello E S, Bacchella T, Machado M C C, Alves V A F, Carrilho F J
Abstract excerpt
Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported among patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our aim was to evaluate the presence of occult HBV infection in patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis (LC) with or without HCC in São Paulo, Bra...
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