Origin of serum hepatitis B virus in acute exacerbation: Comparison with HBV in the liver and from other exacerbation

Hepatology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 310-317

  Liu, Chun Jen ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Wang, Hurng Yi ^b   Lai, Ming Yang ^a   Chen, Ting Chih ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^a,c   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 84984548773     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20331     Document Type: Article

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