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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 collected in that period resulted negative for HBV-DNA dot blot hybridization. The hepatic DNA was at first examined by...
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