Hepatitis B virus genotypes, subgenotypes, precore, and basal core promoter mutations in the two largest provinces of Pakistan

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 569-573

  Ahmed, Choudhary Shoaib ^a,b,c   Wang, Zhan Hui ^a   Bin, Zhou ^a   Chen, Jin Jun ^a   Kamal, Mustafa ^b,c   Hou, Jin Lin ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c Rahila Research and Reference Laboratory   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Core promoter mutation; Hepatitis B virus genotype; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 63849298153     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05642.x     Document Type: Article

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