Truncated hepatitis B virus RNA in human hepatocellular carcinoma: Its representation in patients with advancing age

Intervirology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 228-237

  Kairat, Astrid ^a   Beerheide, Walter ^a,b   Zhou, Ge ^a,b   Tang, Zhao You ^b   Edler, Lutz ^a   Schröder, Claus H ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related markers; Chronic infection; HBx; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Rna maturation; Truncated RNA

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0032757409     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024982     Document Type: Article

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