Mutations of T-cell epitopes in the hepatitis B virus surface gene in children with chronic infection and hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1004-1009

  Ni, Yen Hsuan ^a   Chang, Mei Hwei ^a,b   Hsu, Hong Yuan ^a   Tung, Yi Ching ^a   Chen, Huey Ling ^a   Wang, Kuan Jan ^a   Tsuei, Daw Jen ^a   Young, Ni Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN A2 RESTRICTED T CELL EPITOPE; LIVER ENZYME; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 41849142293     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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