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Hepatitis C viral infection in thalassemic children: clinical and molecular studies.
Pediatric research - 1 Feb 1996
Ni Y H, Chang M H, Lin K H, Chen P J, Lin D T, Hsu H Y, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
To determine and correlate the liver function profile, hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome, anti-HCV, genotypes, quantitation, and nucleotide sequence variability in polytransfused thalassemic children, 61 such children were studied prospectively for 4 y. Twenty-six had HCV infection. The average age, number of transfusions, and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels of the HCV-infected group were higher than those of...
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