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Molecular, immunological and clinical properties of mutated hepatitis B viruses.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Kreutz C
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is at the origin of severe liver diseases like chronic active hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. There are some groups of patients with high risk of generation of HBV mutants: infected infants, immunosuppressed individuals (including hemodialysis patients), patients treated with interferon and lamivudine for chronic HBV infection. These groups are the target for...
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