Influence of extrahepatic viral infection on the natural history of hepatitis C

HCV is primarily hepatotropic, but there is mounting evidence pointing to infection and replication of extrahepatic sites. Here we evaluated the occurrence of HCV infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and explored the possible association between viral extrahepatic infection and the...

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Main Authors: María Inés Barría, Jorge Vera-Otarola, Úrsula León, Valeska Vollrath, Delphine Marsac, Arnoldo Riquelme, Marcelo López-Lastra, Alejandro Soza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-04-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119318691