The role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in fulminant hepatic failure is controversial. The frequency of serum HCV RNA positivity in previously reported patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) of indeterminate cause ranged from 0 to 12% in the United States and Europe and from 43% to 59%
Detection of hepatitis C virus with RNA polymerase chain reaction in fulminant hepatic failure
β Scribed by Federico G. Villamil; Ke-Qin Hu; Chang-Hong Yu; Chao-Hung Lee; Sergio E. Rojter; Luis G. Podesta; Leonard Makowka; Stephen A. Geller; John M. Vierling
- Book ID
- 119155929
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 864 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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