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Analysis of the hepatitis C virus genome in patients with anti-LKM-1 autoantibodies.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Aug 1994
Gerotto M, Pontisso P, Giostra F, Francesconi R, Muratori L, Ballardini G, Lenzi M, Tisminetzky S, Bianchi F B, Baralle F B
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus genotypes have been characterized in 22 patients with anti-LKM-1 positive chronic hepatitis C. Following the Simmonds classification, 77% of patients were infected by hepatitis C virus genotype 1, 18% by genotype 2 and 5% by genotype 3, thus excluding the association of the autoimmune reaction with a particular viral type. Prevalences of genotype 1 and 2 were significantly different from those...
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