Frequency and clinical profile of precore and surface hepatitis B mutants in Asian-Indian patients with chronic liver disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1312-1317

  Guptan, R C ^a   Thakur, V ^a   Sarin, S K ^a   Banerjee, K ^a   Khandekar, P ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030062215     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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