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[The relation between virus genotypes and coexisting surface antigen and antibody in patients with hepatitis B, and the development of preS region deletions].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Aug 2005
Yukimasa Nobuyasu, Matsuda Rumiko, Yasuhara Tsutomu, Takagi Yasushi, Gomi Kunihide
Abstract excerpt
In recent years, there has been renewed interest in hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes. Our previous data have shown the importance of in-frame deletions in the preS region in cases of coexisting hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb). The aim of the present study was to investigate the relation between HBV genotypes and coexisting HBsAg and HBsAb, preS deletion mutants....
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