Article
Hepatitis B virus X mutations occurring naturally associated with clinical severity of liver disease among Korean patients with chronic genotype C infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2008
Kim Hyun-Ju, Park Joo-Hee, Jee Youngmee, Lee Seoung-Ae, Kim Hong, Song Byung-Cheol, Yang Soohyun, Lee Myunghee, Yoon Jung-Hwan, Kim Yoon Jun, Lee Hyo-Suk, Hwang Eung-Soo, Kook Yoon-Hoh, Kim Bum-Joon
Abstract excerpt
Few reports have detailed mutation frequencies and mutation patterns in the entire X region according to clinical status. The aims of this study were to elucidate the relationships between mutation patterns and their frequencies in the X region and clinical status in a Korean cohort and determine specific X mutation types, related closely with liver disease progression. All X mutations were determined by direct...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis B, Chronic
- Humans
- Korea
