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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Songsivilai S, Dharakul T, Kanistanon D
Abstract excerpt
The prevalences of infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) were determined in 110 Thai patients with liver cancer, of whom 80 and 30 had histological diagnoses of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), respectively. Hepatitis B surface antigen was detected in 63.8% of HCC patients and 16.7% of those with CCA. Antibodies to HCV, detected by a third-generation...
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