Clinical relevance of hepatitis B viral mutations

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1037-1044

  Hunt, Christine M ^a,b,e   McGill, James M ^c,d   Allen, Marchelle I ^a   Condreay, Lynn D ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034011395     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/he.2000.6709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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