Analysis of hepatitis B virus genotypes and pre-core region variability during interferon treatment of HBe antigen negative chronic hepatitis B

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-16

  Zhang, Xinxin ^a   Zoulim, Fabien ^a,b   Habersetzer, François ^b   Xiong, Sidong ^a   Trépo, Christian ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Antivirals; Genome variability; Viral persistence

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030004556     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199601)48:1<8::AID-JMV2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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