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[Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis C virus in blood donors and in patients with chronic liver disease and hepatocarcinoma in a Chilean population].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Sept 1998
Muñoz G, Velasco M, Thiers V, Hurtado C, Brahm J, Larrondo-Lillo M, Guglielmetti A, Smok G, Brechot C, Lamas E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The impact of hepatitis C virus infection in Chile has not been well established. AIM: To assess hepatitis C virus infection in normal Chileans and in patients with liver disease. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Antibodies against hepatitis C virus were investigated in 21,000 blood donors, 133 patients with non alcoholic chronic liver disease and in 50 patients with hepatocarcinoma. Viral RNA was studied by...
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