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Hepatitis E virus re-infection accelerates hepatocellular carcinoma development and relapse in a patient with liver cirrhosis: A case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) superinfection is a suspected promoting factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. However, to date, very few cases of HEV-related HCC have been reported. Nevertheless, the role of HEV re-infection in cirrhotic live...

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Autores principales: Lin, Xiao-Na, Lin, Qiu-Xiong, Li, Shu-Mei, Xie, Ke-Ping, Hou, Jun, Chen, Ren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442461
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v12.i12.1358