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Hepatitis C virus genotypes implicated in mixed cryoglobulinemia.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 1998
Nguyen Q T, Leruez-Ville M, Ferrière F, Cohen P, Roulot-Marullo D, Coste T, Dény P, Guillevin L
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports suggest that hepatitis C virus (HCV) might be a causative agent of mixed cryoglobulinemia. To determine whether the HCV genotype is a factor implicated in the onset of cryoglobulinemia, genotyping by direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction products of the 5' non coding region was carried out among 45 HCV-infected patients. Genotypes 1 and 2 were found more prevalent in symptomatic...
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