Article
Core promoter mutations (A(1762)T and G(1764)A) and viral genotype in chronic hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma in Guangxi, China.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2002
Fang Zhong-Liao, Yang Jinye, Ge Xianmin, Zhuang Hui, Gong Jian, Li Rongcheng, Ling Roger, Harrison Tim J
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B viruses (HBV) with core promoter mutations (A(1762)T, G(1764)A) were found in a previous study to be highly prevalent in patients from Guangxi, China with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to determine whether the mutations are prevalent in areas of Guangxi with high and lower incidences of HCC and whether they are associated with other severe sequelae of chronic hepatitis B,...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- China
- DNA, Viral
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B Core Antigens
- Hepatitis B, Chronic
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
- Molecular Sequence Data
