Prevalence of naturally occurring surface antigen variants of hepatitis B virus in Korean patients infected chronically

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-202

  Song, Byung Cheol ^b   Kim, Sun Hyun ^a   Kim, Hong ^a   Ying, Yuan Hai ^a   Kim, Hyun Ju ^a   Kim, Yoon Jun ^a   Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Lee, Hyo Suk ^a   Cha, Chang Yong ^a   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a   Kim, Bum Joon ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

'a' determinant; HBeAg; Hepatitis B virus; Surface (S) antigen variant; The major hydrophilic region (MHR)

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MHR GENE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS S GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 20944431601     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20354     Document Type: Article

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