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Indian Journal of Medical Sciences
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Medical Sciences Trust
ISSN: 0019-5359
EISSN: 0019-5359
Vol. 57, No. 10, 2003, pp. 461-468
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Bioline Code: ms03033
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol. 57, No. 10, 2003, pp. 461-468
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Practitioners section - VIRAL HEPATITIS (Part - III)
D D Banker
Abstract
Nearly 170 million people worldwide have been infected with HCV. About 85% of these develop persistent infection and are at risk of long term complications like liver cirrhosis and HCC. Hepatitis C (HC) was a part of non A - non B (NANB) group of hepatitis for many years after identification of hepatitis B. In 1989 the genome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was identified as a separate entity by Choo, et al in USA, using a recombinant complimentary DNA (cDNA) approach.1,2
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