Does occult hepatitis B virus infection cause hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease related to hepatitis C virus?
β Scribed by Katsuaki Tanaka
- Book ID
- 118087974
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-6346
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## Abstract Although occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (HBVβDNA in serum in the absence of hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg]) is common in chronic hepatitis C, its characteristics are not well known. In this work, the presence of HBVβDNA (by polymerase chain reaction; PCR) and its distribu
## BACKGROUND. The effect of prior hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on the clinicopathologic findings for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still unclear. ## METHODS. Of 59 patients who underwent liver resection for HCV-related HCC (Υ 2.0 cm in greate