Nuclear localization of hepatitis B core antigen and its relations to liver injury, hepatocyte proliferation, and viral load

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-272

  Serinoz, Ebru ^a   Varli, Murat ^a   Erden, Esra ^a   Cinar, Kubilay ^a   Kansu, Aydan ^a   Uzunalimoglu, Ozden ^a   Yurdaydin, Cihan ^a   Bozkaya, Hakan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; HBcAg; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocyte proliferation; Viral replication

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0344643443     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200303000-00016     Document Type: Article

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