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Hepatitis C virus 1b is the dominant genotype in HCV-related carcinogenesis: a case-control study.
International journal of cancer - 27 Sept 1996
Hatzakis A, Katsoulidou A, Kaklamani E, Touloumi G, Koumantaki Y, Tassopoulos N C, Karvountzis G, Gioustozi A, Hadziyannis S, Trichopoulos D
Abstract excerpt
In an ongoing case-control study in Athens on the etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), an analysis was made in order to assess whether HCV genotype 1b is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The HCV genotype was determined in 17 HCC patients, 87 patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) without cirrhosis (NC-CHC) and 23 patients with CHC and cirrhosis (C-CHC). HCV genotype 1b was detected in...
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