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Therapeutic implications of hepatitis B virus genotypes.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Dec 2005
Liu Chun-Jen, Kao Jia-Horng, Chen Ding-Shinn
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global health problem. In addition to the implementation of universal hepatitis B vaccination, effective and individualized treatment of chronic hepatitis B to prevent progression into end-stage liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma is still needed. HBV has been designated eight genotypes (A-H) based on genome sequence divergence. The epidemiology of HBV...
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