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[Chronic hepatitis C].
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) - 1 Dec 2010
Grammatikos G, Sarrazin C
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important, global pathognomonic causal factor for development of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. After parenteral transmission of the virus the majority of cases develop a chronic infection. Nowadays, the diagnosis of HCV-infection is made frequently in an advanced disease-stage due to an increasing number of patients with long durations of chronic...
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