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. 1999 Nov;90(11):1270–1272. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1999.tb00707.x

Survey of Hepatitis B Virus Co‐infection in Hepatitis C Virus‐infected Patients Suffering from Chronic Hepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan

Katsuro Koike 1,, Kunitada Shimotouno 2, Shuiti Okada 3, Hiroaki Okamoto 4, Norio Hayashi 5, Keiji Ueda 5, Shuichi Kaneko 6, Kazuhiko Koike 7, Osamu Yokosuka 8, Tsutomu Chiba 9, Hiroyuki Marusawa 9, Okio Hino 10, Toshikazu Utida 11, Masao Omata 12, Takeo Juji 13, Noriyuki Nojiri 13, Kenzo Takada 14, Tatsuo Miyamura 15, Toshiaki Osuga 16, Yoshiaki Ito 2
PMCID: PMC5926023  PMID: 10622540

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