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Relationship of hepatitis C virus genotypes and viremia levels with development of hepatocellular carcinoma among Japanese.
Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica - 1 Aug 1998
Tanaka K, Hirohata T
Abstract excerpt
The roles of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and viremia levels in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were examined in case-control analyses of 69 patients with HCC, 55 patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) without HCC, and 30 controls undergoing health examinations. Major HCV genotypes (genotypes 1 and 2) were determined by both reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based and...
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