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Multiplex detection of 60 hepatitis B virus variants by maldi-tof mass spectrometry.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Aug 2009
Luan Ju, Yuan Jing, Li Xiaohe, Jin Shengnan, Yu Ling, Liao Mingfeng, Zhang Hongmei, Xu Cheng, He Qing, Wen Bin, Zhong Xunhua, Chen Xinchun, Chan Henry L Y, Sung Joseph J Y, Zhou Boping, Ding Chunming
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BACKGROUND: Variations in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome may develop spontaneously or under selective pressure from antiviral therapy. Such variations may confer drug resistance or affect virus replication capacity, resulting in failure of antiviral therapy. METHODS: A duplex PCR was used to amplify the region of the reverse transcriptase gene, the precore promoter, and the basal core promoter of the HBV...
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