Pre-S2 defective hepatitis B virus infection in patients with fulminant hepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 495-499

  Pollicino, Teresa ^a   Zanetti, Alessandro R ^b   Caccola, Irene ^a   Petit, Marie Anne ^c   Smedile, Antonina ^d   Campo, Salvatore ^a   Sagliocca, Luciano ^e   Pasquali, Marina ^f   Tanzi, Elisabetta ^b   Longo, Giuseppe ^a   Raimondo, Giovanni ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Istituto Tumori ^*  (Italy)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECTIVE VIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; START CODON; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030853522     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260235     Document Type: Article

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