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Fatal exacerbation of type B chronic hepatitis triggered by changes in relaxed circular viral DNA synthesis and virion secretion.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 26 Mar 2010
Ohkawa Kazuyoshi, Takehara Tetsuo, Ishida Hisashi, Kodama Takahiro, Shimizu Satoshi, Hikita Hayato, Yamamoto Masashi, Kohga Keisuke, Sasakawa Akira, Uemura Akio, Sakamori Ryotaro, Yamaguchi Shinjiro, Li Wei, Hosui Atsushi, Miyagi Takuya, Tatsumi Tomohide, Katayama Kazuhiro, Hayashi Norio
Abstract excerpt
Virological features of fulminant liver disease-causing hepatitis B virus (HBV) have not been fully elucidated. We studied longitudinally the viruses obtained before and after fulminant liver disease in a patient with chronic HBV infection showing fatal exacerbation. HBV strains were obtained bef...
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