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Prevalence of core promotor and precore mutants of hepatitis B virus in thailand by RFLP and sequencing.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Dec 1999
Theamboonlers A, Tangkijvanich P, Jantaradsamee P, Hirsch P, Poovorawan Y
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus has been known to frequently undergo mutations of its genome at various sites, mostly due to it employing a reverse transcriptase devoid of proofreading capacity in the course of its replication. The purpose of the present study has been to screen 257 HBsAg-positive chronic liver disease patients, more specifically 78 cases chosen at random out of those negative for HBeAg and 33 of the...
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