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Detection of hepatitis B virus surface antigen mutants in paraffin-embedded hepatocellular carcinoma tissues.
Virus genes - 1 Jan 2000
Chen W N, Oon C J, Moh M C
Abstract excerpt
The antigenic "a" determinant of the human hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) is highly conserved and involved in inducing neutralizing antibody. Mutations on this determinant have been associated with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) escape from vaccination but are also found in chronic HBV carriers, but their involvement in liver diseases including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. To investigate the...
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