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Hepatitis C virus prevalence and genotyping among hepatocellular carcinoma patients in Baghdad.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2014
Al-Kubaisy Waqar Abd Al Qahar, Obaid Kadhim Jawad, Noor Nor Aini Mohd, Ibrahim Nik Shamsidah Binti Nik, Al-Azawi Ahmed Albu-Kareem
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause for cancer death in the world, now being especially linked to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This case-control study consisting of 65 HCC patients and 82 patients with other malignant tumours as controls was conducted to determine the association of HCV markers with HCC. Serum of each participant was obtained for detection of HCV Ab and RNA...
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