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Influence of hepatitis G virus infection on the severity of liver disease and response to interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Annals of internal medicine - 1 Jun 1997
Martinot M, Marcellin P, Boyer N, Detmer J, Pouteau M, Castelnau C, Degott C, Aupérin A, Collins M, Kolberg J, Wilber J, Benhamou J P, Erlinger S
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BACKGROUND: Dual infection with hepatitis G virus (HGV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is common. The effect of HGV infection on chronic hepatitis C is not well known. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of HGV infection; the effect of HGV infection on the clinical, virologic and histologic features of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon-alpha; and the influence of HGV infection on response to...
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