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Hepatitis C virus infection in spouses of patients with type C chronic liver disease.
Annals of internal medicine - 1 May 1994
Akahane Y, Kojima M, Sugai Y, Sakamoto M, Miyazaki Y, Tanaka T, Tsuda F, Mishiro S, Okamoto H, Miyakawa Y, Mayumi M
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OBJECTIVE: Survey for markers of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in spouses of patients with HCV-related chronic liver disease. DESIGN: Cross-sectional clinical, serologic, and molecular biological study of spouses of patients with HCV viremia and chronic liver disease. SETTING: University and city hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: Spouses (52 men and 102 women; mean age, 56 +/- 11 years) of 154 patients with HCV...
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