Hepatitis B virus genotype G is an extremely rare genotype in Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Kato, Hideaki ^a   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^b   Ozasa, Atsushi ^a   Kato, Takanobu ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^c   Sata, Michio ^d   Hino, Keisuke ^e   Onji, Morikazu ^f   Okanoue, Takeshi ^g   Tanaka, Eiji ^h   Kawata, Sumio ⁱ   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^j   Hige, Shuhei ^k   Ohno, Tomoyoshi ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Distribution; Genotypes; Hepatitis B virus; Japan; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 19944378400     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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