Article
Characterizing key nucleotide polymorphisms of hepatitis C virus-disease associations via mass-spectrometric genotyping.
International journal of oncology - 1 Feb 2018
Horiuchi Yuta, Lin Jason, Shinojima Yui, Fujiwara Kyoko, Moriyama Mitsuhiko, Nagase Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
As more than 80% of hepatocellular carcinoma patients in Japan also suffer from hepatitis C virus infections some time in their medical history, identifying genetic aberrations associated to hepatitis C virulence in these individuals remains a high priority in the diagnosis and treatment of hepat...
Topics
- Aged
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Japan
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Mass Spectrometry
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide