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Infection with hepatitis B virus genotype A in Tokyo, Japan during 1976 through 2001.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2004
Kobayashi Mariko, Suzuki Fumitaka, Arase Yasuji, Akuta Norio, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Hosaka Tetsuya, Saitoh Satoshi, Kobayashi Masahiro, Tsubota Akihito, Someya Takashi, Ikeda Kenji, Matsuda Marie, Sato Junko, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Because genotype A of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is not indigenous, there have been only few data on infection with it in Japan. METHODS: We examined clinical and virological features of the 66 Japanese patients who admitted Toranomon Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, between 1976 and 2001, who...
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