Hepatitis B virus genotypes in acute and fulminant hepatitis patients from north India using two different molecular genotyping approaches

Hepatology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Chattopadhyay, Saket ^a   Das, Bhudev Chandra ^b   Hussain, Zahid ^a   Kar, Premashis ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis B; Fulminant hepatitis B; HBV genotypes; RFLP; Type specific primer based PCR (TSP PCR)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 33747189166     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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