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Prevalence of occult hepatitis C virus infection in Iranian patients with lymphoproliferative disorders.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2013
Farahani Maryam, Bokharaei-Salim Farah, Ghane Masood, Basi Ali, Meysami Parisa, Keyvani Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Occult HCV infection is a form of chronic HCV infection characterized by absence of detectable anti-HCV antibodies or plasma HCV-RNA but presence of HCV-RNA in liver biopsy and/or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The aim of this study was to determine the presence of HCV-RNA in PBMCs of patients with lymphoproliferative disorders. One hundred and four consecutive patients with lymphoproliferative...
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