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Relationship between viral load and genotypes of hepatitis B virus in children with chronic hepatitis B.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 Sept 2006
Oommen Prasad T, Wirth Stefan, Wintermeyer Philip, Gerner Patrick
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the prevalence and clinical significance of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in children with chronic hepatitis B. METHODS: Hepatitis B virus genomes of 249 hepatitis Be antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B surface antigen carriers were genotyped based on restriction fragment length polymorphism. Genotypes were correlated with corresponding values for alanine aminotransferase levels,...
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