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Genotypes and clinical phenotypes of hepatitis B virus in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2002
Kao Jia-Horng, Chen Pei-Jer, Lai Ming-Yang, Chen Ding-Shinn
Abstract excerpt
Genotype C of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been shown to be associated with a poor clinical outcome, compared to genotype B. To explore the clinical phenotypes, with special reference to the seroconversion of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and frequency of acute exacerbation between patients infected with HBV genotypes B and C, a cohort of 272 Taiwanese patients with chronic HBV infection was analyzed. According to...
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