Clinical significance of the genotype and core promoter/pre-core mutations in hepatitis B virus carriers

Intervirology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 200-206

  Hagiwara, Satoru ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Minami, Yasunori ^a   Chung, Hobyung ^a   Nakatani, Tatsuya ^a   Fukunaga, Toyokazu ^a   Osaki, Yukio ^b   Yamashita, Yukitaka ^c   Kajimura, Kozo ^d  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS WAKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Kishiwada City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core promoter; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Pre core

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33646712975     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090789     Document Type: Article

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