| hepatocellular carcinoma in sweden: its association with viral hepatitis, especially with hepatitis c viral genotypes. | viral markers of chronic hepatitis were tested for in 95 frozen serum samples from 299 patients from malmö, sweden, with hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc), diagnosed between 1977 and 1994. hepatitis b analysis included anti-hbc, hbsag and, if anti-hbc positive, hbv dna. hepatitis c infection analysis included anti-hcv screening, riba, hcv rna and hcv genotyping. hcv genotyping was also carried out in 9 hcv-viraemic hcc-patients from gothenburg. hcv genotype distribution in hcc cases was compared wi ... | 2000 | 10826899 |