Association of exon 9 but not intron 8 VDR polymorphisms with occult HBV infection in south-eastern Iranian patients

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-93

  Arababadi, Mohammad Kazemi ^a   Pourfathollah, Ali Akbar ^a   Jafarzadeh, Abdollah ^b   Hassanshahi, Gholamhossein ^b   Rezvani, Mohammad Ebrahim ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus DNA; Occult hepatitis B infection; Polymorphism; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXON; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INTRON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT HEPATITIS B; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 73449089069     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05950.x     Document Type: Article

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