Genetic variants of hepatitis B virus and their clinical relevance.

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Genetic variants of hepatitis B virus and their clinical relevance.

Minerva gastroenterologica e dietologica - 1 Mar 2005

Baumert T F, Barth H, Blum H E

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Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) leads to a wide spectrum of clinical presentations ranging from an asymptomatic carrier state to self-limited acute or fulminant hepatitis to chronic hepatitis with progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Infection with HBV is one of the...

Topics

Antiviral Agents
Codon
Drug Resistance, Viral
Genes, Viral
Genetic Variation
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Core Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Humans
Mutation
Phenotype
Promoter Regions, Genetic

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