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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in chronic hepatitis C of children.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Nov 1996
Bortolotti F, Vajro P, Balli F, Giacchino R, Crivellaro C, Barbera C, Pontisso P, Nebbia G, Zancan L, Bertolini A, Alberti A
Abstract excerpt
Several hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes have been recently identified and genotype 1b has been correlated with severe liver disease and a poor response to interferon therapy. HCV infection in children is an interesting model for evaluation of the relationship between HCV genotypes and liver disease, because of its relatively short duration and the infrequent association with confounding cofactors. We have...
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