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Difference of HBV genotype distribution between acute hepatitis and chronic hepatitis in Japan.
Infection - 1 Aug 2006
Takeda Y, Katano Y, Hayashi K, Honda T, Yokozaki S, Nakano I, Yano M, Yoshioka K, Toyoda H, Kumada T, Goto H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently genotype A which is rare in the patients in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) was frequently noted in patients with acute hepatitis B (AHB). To investigate their clinical and virological features, we studied the AHB patients in the past 5 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 98 patients with...
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