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Gene expression profiling of HCV genotype 3a initial liver fibrosis and cirrhosis patients using microarray.
Journal of translational medicine - 7 Mar 2012
Ahmad Waqar, Ijaz Bushra, Hassan Sajida
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes liver fibrosis that may lead to liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and may partially depend on infecting viral genotype. HCV genotype 3a is being more common in Asian population, especially Pakistan; the detail mechanism of infection still needs to be explored. In this study, we investigated and compared the gene expression profile between initial...
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