Hepatitis B virus genotypes and hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan.

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major causative agents of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Southeast Asia where HBV genotype B (HBV/B) and genotype C (HBV/C) are prevalent. Clinical and virological differences were evaluated between HCC patients in Japan and Taiwan, all of whom were infected with HBV/B and HBV/C. In Japan, the prevalence rates of HBV/B and HBV/C were 12 and 85%, respectively, in patients...

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