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Distribution of hepatitis B viral genotypes and mutations in the core promoter and precore regions in acute forms of liver disease in patients from Chiba, Japan.
Gut - 1 Nov 2003
Imamura T, Yokosuka O, Kurihara T, Kanda T, Fukai K, Imazeki F, Saisho H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although it has been reported that different hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes induce different clinical characteristics in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLD), there have been few reports that have detailed the distribution of HBV genotypes in acute forms of liver disease. MET...
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