Association of core promoter/precore mutations and viral load in e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B patients

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-342

  Huang, Y H ^a,b,c   Wu, J C ^a,b   Chang, T T ^d   Sheen, I J ^a   Huo, T I ^a,c   Lee, P C ^a   Su, C W ^c,e   Lee, S D ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Clinical Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Core promoter; Hepatitis B e antigen negative; Hepatitis B virus; Mutation; Precore; Viral load

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33645965299     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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