High prevalence of 1762(T) 1764(A) mutations in the basic core promoter of hepatitis B virus isolated from black Africans with hepatocellular carcinoma compared with asymptomatic carriers

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 946-953

  Baptista, Marina ^a   Kramvis, Anna ^a   Kew, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0033020624     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290336     Document Type: Article

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