Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes/subgenotypes in China: Mutations in core promoter and precore/core and their clinical implications

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-93

  Yuan, Jing ^a,b   Zhou, Boping ^a,b   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^c   Kurbanov, Fuat ^c   Orito, Etsuro ^c   Gong, Zuojiong ^b   Xu, Liumei ^a   Lu, Jian ^a   Jiang, Xiaoling ^a   Lai, Weizhen ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^c  

^a Shenzhen East Lake Hospital   (China)

^b RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCP mutation; CP mutation; Genotype; HBV; PC mutation; Subgenotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHINA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 34248635952     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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