Mutations of precore and proximal core regions of hepatitis B virus genome in serum of hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Hepatology Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-58

  Park, Young Min ^a,c   Tabor, Edward ^a,b   Kim, Boo Sung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Core gene mutation; HBV; HCC; Mutant HBV; Precore gene mutation

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032707424     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(99)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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