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Prevalence of hepatitis C genotypes among patients with chronic hepatitis C in Norway. Construct Group.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1996
Bell H, Hellum K, Harthug S, Maeland A, Ritland S, Myrvang B, von der Lippe B, Raknerud N, Skaug K, Prescott L, Simmonds P
Abstract excerpt
Among 116 patients with biopsy-confirmed chronic hepatitis C (Riba 2 or Riba 3 positive) in a multicenter study in southern Norway on interferon, we determined hepatitis C virus genotype by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the 5' NCR. The RFLP method was supplemented by and compared with a serological typing method based on the detection of type-specific antibody to peptide from the NS-4 region....
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