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Hepatitis C virus genotypes are not responsible for development of serious liver disease.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Feb 1994
Yamada M, Kakumu S, Yoshioka K, Higashi Y, Tanaka K, Ishikawa T, Takayanagi M
Abstract excerpt
Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) is known to have at least four kinds of genotypes, no clear relationship has yet been established between the genotype and the severity of liver disease. Therefore, we determined HCV genotypes in sera of 251 Japanese patients with type C chronic liver disease, using polymerase chain reactions with six independent primers. One set of primers and a probe derived from 5'-noncoding...
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