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Clinical outcomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes B and C in Japanese patients with chronic HBV infection.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 2002
Furusyo Norihiro, Nakashima Hisashi, Kashiwagi Kenichiro, Kubo Norihiko, Hayashida Kazuhiro, Usuda Sadakazu, Mishiro Shunji, Kashiwagi Seizaburo, Hayashi Jun
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this retrospective survey were to determine the epidemiologic distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and analyze the genotype-related clinical differences among Japanese patients with chronic HBV infection. The 158 surveyed patients with chronic HBV infection lived in Fukuoka and Okinawa were serially tested for serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)....
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