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Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotype in Iranian multiply transfused patients with thalassemia.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2009
Alavian Seyed-Moayed, Miri Seyyed Mohammad, Keshvari Maryam, Elizee Pegah Karimi, Behnava Bita, Tabatabaei Seyed-Vahid, Lankarani Kamran Bagheri
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common transfusion-transmitted disease in multiply transfused patients worldwide. In this study, the aim was to investigate distribution of HCV genotypes in Iranian patients with thalassemia. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Blood samples were received from 280 multiply transfused patients with thalassemia with chronic hepatitis C who were referred to us to start...
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