Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B, C and D viruses in Turkish patients

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2000 • 1,003 citations

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1994 • 804 citations

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2002 • 714 citations

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1995 • 474 citations

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2000 • 470 citations

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2000 • 470 citations

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1992 • 430 citations

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1997 • 353 citations

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1999 • 304 citations

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1999 • 266 citations

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1999 • 247 citations

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2000 • 220 citations

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1996 • 202 citations

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1996 • 180 citations

Genotyping of hepatitis D virus by restriction-fragment length polymorphism and relation to outcome of hepatitis D

1995 • 157 citations

Lack of correlation between hepatitis C virus genotypes and clinical course of hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis

1997 • 156 citations

Different genotypes of hepatitis C virus are associated with different severity of chronic liver disease

1994 • 152 citations

Characterization of hepatitis D virus genotype III among Yucpa Indians in Venezuela

2001 • 142 citations

Hepatitis delta virus genotypes I and II cocirculate in an endemic area of Yakutia, Russia

2001 • 131 citations

Genotyping of hepatitis B virus by restriction pattern analysis of a pre-S amplicon

1998 • 116 citations

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2001 • 114 citations

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1997 • 113 citations

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1999 • 103 citations

The predominance of hepatitis delta virus genotype I among chronically infected Italian patients

1997 • 99 citations

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1995 • 85 citations

Hepatitis delta virus genotype IIb predominates in an endemic area, Okinawa, Japan

1999 • 68 citations

Genotyping by multiplex polymerase chain reaction for detection of endemic hepatitis B virus transmission

1993 • 65 citations

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2000 • 52 citations

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2002 • 50 citations

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1996 • 48 citations

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2001 • 43 citations

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2001 • 33 citations

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1998 • 30 citations

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2000 • 4 citations