Hepatitis B virus basal core promoter mutation and DNA load correlate with expression of hepatitis B core antigen in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 742-749

  Liu, Chun Jen ^a,b   Jeng, Yung Ming ^a   Chen, Chi Lin ^a   Cheng, Huei Ru ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^a   Chen, Ting Chi ^a   Liu, Chen Hua ^a   Lai, Ming Yang ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84984550857     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596655     Document Type: Article

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