Lack of association between genotypes and subtypes of HCV and occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in Egypt

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 844-847

  Ryu, Soo Hyung ^a,c   Fan, Xiaofeng ^a   Xu, Yanjuan ^a   Elbaz, Tamerl ^b   Zekri, Abdel Rahman N ^b   Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar ^b   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 65649108056     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21451     Document Type: Article

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