Hepatitis B virus genomes of chronic hepatitis patients do not contain specific mutations related to acute exacerbation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2104-2112

  Li, Wen ^a   Ikematsu, Hideyuki ^b   Yamaji, Kouzaburo ^a   Chong, Yong ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hara Doi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; HBV gene; Hepatitis B virus; Mutation

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; STOP CODON; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON, TERMINATOR; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0034793088     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011938209828     Document Type: Article

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