A novel stop codon mutation in HBsAg gene identified in a hepatitis B virus strain associated with cryptogenic cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1516-1520

  Yang, Xu ^a   Tang, Xiao Peng ^a   Lei, Jian Hua ^a   Luo, Hong Yu ^a   Zhang, Yong Hong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STOP CODON; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0043066633     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1516     Document Type: Article

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