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A study on sequence variations in pre-S/surface, X and enhancer II/core promoter/precore regions of occult hepatitis B virus in non-B, non-C hepatocellular carcinoma patients in Taiwan.
International journal of cancer - 1 Aug 2009
Chen Chien-Hung, Changchien Chi-Sin, Lee Chuan-Mo, Tung Wei-Chih, Hung Chao-Hung, Hu Tsung-Hui, Wang Jing-Houng, Wang Jyh-Chwan, Lu Sheng-Nan
Abstract excerpt
This study was to investigate the clinical significance and virologic factors of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients without hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or anti-hepatitis C virus (non-B, non-C) in Taiwan. Serum HBV DNA (occult HBV) was detected in 90 of 222 non-B, non-C HCC patients and 24 of 300 non-B, non-C controls without HCC. Of 90 occult HBV-infected...
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