Hepatitis B virus genotype C takes a more aggressive disease course than hepatitis B virus genotype B in hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1277-1279

  Chan, Henry Lik Yuen ^a,b   Wong, May Ling ^a   Hui, Alex Yui ^a   Hung, Lawrence Cheung Tsui ^a   Chan, Francis Ka Leung ^a   Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0037337975     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1277-1279.2003     Document Type: Article

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