Hepatitis B virus core protein mutations are concentrated in B cell epitopes in progressive disease and in T helper cell epitopes during clinical remission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1093-1100

  Carman, William F ^a   Boner, Winifred ^b   Fattovich, Giovanna ^b   Colman, Kathryn ^b   Dornan, Edward S ^b   Thursz, Mark ^b   Hadziyannis, Stephanos ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0030903872     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516447     Document Type: Article

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