Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have a significantly increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus compared to controls or HBV-infect
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AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of combination chemotherapy with interferon-α (IFNα) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinom
AIM: To elucidate the biological function of HBV core antigen (HBcAg) on pathogenesis of hepatitis B, a novel gene C12 coding for protein with unknown function