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Variations in the core promoter/pre-core region in HBV genotype C in Japanese and Northern Vietnamese patients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2007
Truong Bui Xuan, Yano Yoshihiko, Seo Yasushi, Phuong Tran Minh, Tanaka Yasuhito, Kato Hirotaka, Miki Akira, Utsumi Takako, Azuma Takeshi, Trach Nguyen Khanh, Mizokami Masashi, Hayashi Yoshitake, Kasuga Masato
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) subgenotypes Cs (C1) and Ce (C2) are common in East Asia. To investigate the genomic difference of HBV genotype C between two separated regions, 50 subgenotype Cs-infected Vietnamese and 70 subgenotype Ce-infected Japanese patients were enrolled for analysis. The patients were categorized to either a hepatocellular carcinoma group (HCC) or a non-HCC group including liver cirrhosis, chronic...
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