| Literature DB >> 18448695 |
Philippe Halfon1, Marc Bourlière, Denis Ouzan, Damien Sène, David Saadoun, Hacène Khiri, Guillaume Pénaranda, Agnes Martineau, Valérie Oulès, Patrice Cacoub.
Abstract
Occult hepatitis C infection is regarded as a new entity that should be considered when diagnosing patients with a liver disease of unknown origin. Using an ultrasensitive real-time PCR assay, we demonstrated that occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection cannot be found in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with cryptogenic liver diseases, HCV--associated systemic vasculitis, or connective tissue diseases. The significance of such occult infection must be elucidated.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18448695 PMCID: PMC2446830 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00345-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948