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Core promoter and precore mutants of hepatitis B virus: prevalence and clinical relevance in chronic hepatitis patients.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Dec 2000
Tangkijvanich P, Theamboonlers A, Jantaradsamee P, Hirsch P, Mahachai V, Suwangool P, Poovorawan Y
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The present study was conducted to determine prevalence and exact type, as well as nucleotide position of the precore/core mutations of hepatitis B virus found in Thai patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis and/or cirrhosis in relation to the clinical parameters established with the respective patients. To that end, 24 HBeAg-positive and 56 HBeAg-negative individuals were selected at random from a cohort of...
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