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Hepatitis C virus infection of salivary gland epithelial cells. Lack of evidence.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 1997
Taliani G, Celestino D, Badolato M C, Pennica A, Bozza A, Poliandri G, Riccieri V, Benfari G, Sebastiani A, De Bac C, Quaranta G, Aceti A
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus genome (HCV-RNA) has been detected in whole salivary gland tissue of chronically infected patients. However, contamination of the tissue by plasma or blood cells was not excluded by the previous reports. AIMS: To assess whether HCV infects the salivary gland epitheli...
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