Hepatitis B virus variant, with a deletion in the preS2 and two translational stop codons in the precore regions, in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Hepatitis B virus variant, with a deletion in the preS2 and two translational stop codons in the precore regions, in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Journal of hepatology - 1 Jan 1991

Raimondo G, Campo S, Smedile V, Rodinò G, Sardo M A, Brancatelli S, Villari D, Pernice M, Longo G, Squadrito G

Abstract excerpt

We analyzed hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes obtained from serum samples and liver biopsy specimen of a chronic HBsAg/anti-HBe carrier with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Before the liver biopsy, performed at the time of HCC diagnosis, the patient had been followed for 2 years; the serum samples...

Topics

Base Sequence
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Codon
DNA, Viral
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Humans
Liver Neoplasms
Male
Middle Aged

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Molecular Sequence Data

Oligodeoxyribonucleotides

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Protein Biosynthesis

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PMID: 1668334
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8278(91)90029-b

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