Mutations and deletions in core promoter and precor stop codon in relation to viral replication and liver damage in Singaporean hepatitis B virus carriers

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 787-792

  Chen, ^a   Oon, ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Core promoter; Deletions; HBV; Liver damage; Mutations; Precore; Stop codon

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGAPORE; STOP CODON; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; CODON, TERMINATOR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SINGAPORE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033811905     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2000.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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