To clarify the virological differences in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with and without liver damage, we assessed HCV markers in 306 patients from a rural area of Japan. Genotypes of HCV RNA were determined by polymerase chain reaction, and levels of RNA were determined by
Hepatitis C viral infection in the immunosuppressed patient
β Scribed by Jane Collier; Jenny Heathcote
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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