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Hepatitis B e antigen-negative mutations in the precore and core promoter regions in Korean patients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2009
Choi Jong Won, Ahn Sang Hoon, Park Jun Yong, Chang Hye Young, Kim Ja Kyung, Baatarkhuu Oidov, Kim Do Young, Han Kwang-Hyub, Chon Chae Yoon
Abstract excerpt
Most patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B have variants of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that include mutations in the precore or core promoter regions of the HBV genome. The aim of this study was to investigate the patterns of precore and core promoter mutations and their relationship to HBeAg expression in Korean patients. Four hundred seventy-five Korean patients with chronic...
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