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Impact of HCV core gene quasispecies on hepatocellular carcinoma risk among HALT-C trial patients.
Scientific reports - 1 Jun 2016
El-Shamy Ahmed, Pendleton Matthew, Eng Francis J, Doyle Erin H, Bashir Ali, Branch Andrea D
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at positions 70 and/or 91 in the core protein of genotype-1b, hepatitis C virus (HCV) are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in Asian patients. To evaluate this in a US population, the relationship between the percentage of 70 and/or 91 mutant HCV quasispecies in baseline serum samples of chronic HCV patients from the HALT-C trial and the incidence of HCC was determined by deep...
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