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Occult hepatitis C virus infection in Iranian patients with cryptogenic liver disease.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2011
Bokharaei-Salim Farah, Keyvani Hossein, Monavari Seyed Hamid Reza, Alavian Seyed Moayed, Madjd Zahra, Toosi Mohssen Nassiri, Mohammad Alizadeh Amir Houshang
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis of cryptogenic liver disease is made when after extensive evaluations, recognizable etiologies of chronic liver disease are excluded. In this study, the presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA was tested in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) taken from Iranian patients who although were found negative for plasma HCV RNA and anti-HCV antibodies, suffered from chronic liver disease of unknown...
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