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Hepatitis B virus X gene variability in French-born patients with chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2000
Venard V, Corsaro D, Kajzer C, Bronowicki J P, Le Faou A
Abstract excerpt
The polymorphism of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) X gene from patients born in Lorraine has been studied in serum samples from 22 HBV infected patients, 14 presenting with chronic hepatitis and 8 with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Subtypes adw and ayw represented 21 of the 22 sequenced isolates. The sequence of the X gene of HBV strains from these patients differed from the ones of Far East origin by A to T(1678)...
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