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[Chronic C hepatitis genotype 4].
Medicina clinica - 11 Jun 2011
González-Casas Rosario, Trapero-Marugán María, Moreno-Otero Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the most important causal agents of liver disease. Genotype 4 is responsible for 20% of chronic hepatitis and in several countries of the Mediterranean area it has been reported that the prevalence is increasing. The HCV infection develops to chronicity in more than 90%, 20% may have cirrhosis and 5-10% develop hepatocellular carcinoma. There has been speculation about a...
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