Precore wild-type hepatitis B virus with G1896 in the resolution of persistent hepatitis B virus infection

Intervirology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-163

  Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Tsubota, Akihito ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Someya, Takashi ^a   Matsuda, Marie ^a   Sato, Junko ^a   Takagi, Kimiko ^a   Miyakawa, Yuzo ^b   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody to hepatitis B e antigen; Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis B e antigen; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS MUTATION; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0043245112     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071456     Document Type: Article

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