Geographic distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype in patients with chronic HBV infection in Japan

Hepatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 590-594

  Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ichida, Takafumi ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^b   Sata, Michio ^c   Horiike, Norio ^d   Hino, Keisuke ^e   Okita, Kiwamu ^e   Okanoue, Takeshi ^f   Iino, Shiro ^g   Tanaka, Eiji ^h   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ⁱ   Watanabe, Hisayoshi ^j   Hige, Shuhei ^k   Mizokami, Masashi ^l  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0034874826     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.27221     Document Type: Article

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