Infection with hepatitis B virus genotype A in Tokyo, Japan during 1976 through 2001

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 844-850

  Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Tsubota, Akihito ^a   Someya, Takashi ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Matsuda, Marie ^a   Sato, Junko ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Hepatitis B e antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; THREONINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 6944247516     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1400-3     Document Type: Article

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