Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Saito, I; Miyamura, T; Ohbayashi, A; Harada, H; Katayama, T; Kikuchi, S; Watanabe, Y; Koi, S; Onji, M; Ohta, Y

doi:10.1073/pnas.87.17.6547

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Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

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I Saito

T Miyamura

A Ohbayashi

Abstract

A possible causative role for the recently discovered hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was investigated by assay of sera from HCC patients in Japan for antibodies to a recombinant HCV antigen and to hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens. Among the 253 HCC patie...

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