Functional analysis of HBV genomes from patients with fulminant hepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1390-1397

  Sterneck, Martina ^a,b   Kalinina, Tatjana ^b,c   Günther, Stephan ^b   Fischer, Lutz ^a,b   Santantonio, Teresa ^d   Greten, Heiner ^a   Will, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

^c D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d Immunologia e Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031726152     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280530     Document Type: Article

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