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Hepatitis C virus genotypes: epidemiological and clinical associations. Benelux Study Group on Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C.
Liver - 1 Feb 1998
Kleter B, Brouwer J T, Nevens F, van Doorn L J, Elewaut A, Versieck J, Michielsen P P, Hautekeete M L, Chamuleau R A, Brénard R, Bourgeois N, Adler M, Quint W G, Bronkhorst C M, Heijtink R A, Hop W J, Fevery J, Schalm S W
Abstract excerpt
In a cohort of 292 chronic hepatitis C patients living in the Benelux countries the relationship between viral genotype and geographical origin, route of transmission, clinical characteristics and severity of liver disease was analyzed. HCV-RNA isolates could be classified by the Line Probe Assay (LiPA) as 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in 286 (98%) cases. Patients of European origin were predominantly infected with HCV...
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