HBV core promoter mutations prevail in patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma from Guangxi, China

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Fang, Zhong Liao ^a,b   Ling, Roger ^a   Wang, Shu Sheng ^b   Nong, Jiang ^c   Huang, Chun Song ^b   Harrison, Tim J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sanitation Antiepidemic Stn Guangxi   (China)

^c The 303rd Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Antigen negative; Integration; PCR; Precore mutants; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS CORE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031821467     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199809)56:1<18::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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