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Mutation analysis of hepatitis B virus promoters in chronically infected children.
Archives of virology - 1 Aug 2005
Sohn J W, Lee C W, Lee J H, Lee K C, Son C S, Lee J W, Ha-Lee Y M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection in early childhood is one of the leading causes of chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis that eventually lead to hepatic carcinoma. Despite the nationwide immunization programs to curtail the vertical transmission of HBV, childhood HBV infection through mothers is still occurring in Korea. As one of the efforts to understand the childhood HBV infection in Korea, four HBV promoter...
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