Hepatitis B surface antigen variant with multiple mutations in the a determinant in an agammaglobulinemic patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2861-2865

  Alexopoulou, Alexandra ^a   Baltayiannis, Gerasimos ^b   Jammeh, Saffie ^b   Waters, Jenny ^b   Dourakis, Spyros P ^a   Karayiannis, Peter ^b  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIMESULIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 2942590577     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2861-2865.2004     Document Type: Article

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