Epidemiological study of hepatitis B virus genotypes, core promoter and precore mutations of chronic hepatitis B infection in Hong Kong

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Yuen, Man Fung ^a   Sablon, Erwin ^b   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^c   Kato, Takanobu ^c   Mizokami, Masashi ^c   Doutreloigne, Joke ^b   Yuan, He Jun ^a   Wong, Danny Ka Ho ^a   Sum, Siu Man ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Core promoter mutation; Epidemiology; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Precore mutation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 3442893242     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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