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Nucleotide substitutions of hepatitis E virus genomes associated with fulminant hepatitis and disease severity.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Aug 2009
Inoue Jun, Takahashi Masaharu, Mizuo Hitoshi, Suzuki Kazuyuki, Aikawa Tatsuya, Shimosegawa Tooru, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the causative agents of acute or fulminant hepatitis. Viral factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of fulminant hepatitis E. We aimed to investigate the nucleotide substitutions of the HEV genome affecting the severity of hepatitis E. The comparison of 28 re...
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