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Occult hepatitis B virus infection in patients with chronic liver disease due to hepatitis C virus and hepatocellular carcinoma in Brazil

Fernanda Branco, Ângelo Alves de Mattos, Gabriela Perdomo Coral, Bart Vanderborght, Diogo Edele dos Santos, Paulo Henrique Condeixa de França, Cláudio Alexander

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia · 2007 · 41 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

Occult infection B is frequently detected in liver tissue of HCV-infected patients, especially in cases of hepatocellular carcinoma. However large studies are needed to confirm that co-infection could determine a worse progress of chronic liver disease in this population.

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