Incidence and clinical significance of hepatitis B virus precore gene translation initiation mutations in e antigen-negative patients

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Laras, A ^a   Koskinas, J ^a   Avgidis, K ^a   Hadziyannis, S J ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; HBV; Precore mutation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031825860     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1998.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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