Correlations of HBV genotypes, mutations affecting HBeAg expression and HBeAg/anti-HBe status in HBV carriers

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  Chee, Kent Lim ^a,b   Tan, Joanne Tsui Ming ^c   Khoo, Jason Boo Siang ^d   Ravichandran, Aarthi ^e   Hsin, Mei Low ^f   Yin, Chyi Chan ^a   So, Har Ton ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1858 Variants; Core Promoter Mutation; Genotypes; HBeAg; HBV; Precore Stop Codon Mutation

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOP CODON; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

EID: 29944441327     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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