Naturally Occurring Precore/Core Region Mutations of Hepatitis B Virus Genotype C Related to Hepatocellular Carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Dong Won ^a   Lee, Seoung Ae ^a   Hwang, Eung Soo ^a   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a   Kim, Bum Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS MUTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 84867344596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047372     Document Type: Article

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