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A clinicopathologic study of chronic non-A, non-B (type C) hepatitis in Taiwan: comparison between posttransfusion and sporadic patients.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Aug 1994
Kao J H, Tsai S L, Chen P J, Yang P M, Sheu J C, Lai M Y, Hsu H C, Sung J L, Wang T H, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
To elucidate the clinicopathological course and the role of hepatitis C virus in posttransfusion and sporadic chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis in Taiwan, we retrospectively studied 85 histologically confirmed patients with long-term follow up. Antibodies against hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) by a second-generation assay were positive in 81% of the patients: 88% in the posttransfusion group and 76% in the sporadic...
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