Article
Hepatitis C virus 1b(II) infection and development of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in Japan.
Journal of epidemiology - 1 Oct 1998
Tanaka H, Tsukuma H, Yamano H, Okubo Y, Inoue A, Kasahara A, Hayashi N
Abstract excerpt
This study was performed to determine the distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes among asymptomatic carriers (ASC) and patients with chronic hepatitis without cirrhosis (NC-CH), liver cirrhosis (LC), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the Osaka area, and to assess whether infection...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Carrier State
- Case-Control Studies
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Japan
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Statistics as Topic