Occult and Overt HBV Co-Infections Independently Predict Postoperative Prognosis in HCV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

The roles of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection (CI) in carcinogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remained controversial. To gain new insights into this issue, we investigated the postoperative prognostic value of HBVCI in HCV-associated HCC.A stud...

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Main Authors: Ming-Ling Chang, Yu-Jr Lin, Chee-Jen Chang, Charisse Yeh, Tse-Ching Chen, Ta-Sen Yeh, Wei-Chen Lee, Chau-Ting Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3689779?pdf=render