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Role of viral genotypes and hepatitis B viral mutants in the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis B and C dual infection.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2013
Hung C-H, Chen C-H, Lee C-M, Hu T-H, Lu S-N, Wang J-H, Huang C-M
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The independent and interactive effects of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) factors on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in chronic HBV/HCV dually-infected patients remain unclear. METHODS: In a cross-sectional and case-controlled study, the HBV and HCV loads and genotypes and the sequences of pre-S and precore/core promoter regions were determined in 146 HCC...
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