High prevalence of infection with hepatitis B and C viruses in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan. - Concepedia

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High prevalence of infection with hepatitis B and C viruses in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan.

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1999

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Shoji Kubo, S Nishiguchi, Kazuhiro Hirohashi, Hiroto Tanaka, Tadashi Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Hamba, Takashi Shuto, T Okuda, Akihiro Tamori, T Kuroki,

Abstract

The prevalence of hepatitis B or C virus infection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan is extremely high. The prevalence of co-infection with both viruses is also high.