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Hepatitis B and C virus infection, alcohol drinking, and hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in Italy. Brescia HCC Study.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 1997
Donato F, Tagger A, Chiesa R, Ribero M L, Tomasoni V, Fasola M, Gelatti U, Portera G, Boffetta P, Nardi G
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We performed a case-control study to assess the association of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and alcohol drinking. We recruited as cases 172 subjects with an initial diagnosis of HCC, who were admitted to the two major hospitals in the province of Brescia, northern Italy, and 332 subjects, sex-, age-, and hospital-matched, who were admitted to...
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