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Hepatitis B virus genotyping: current methods and clinical implications.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Nov 2010
Guirgis Bassem S S, Abbas Radwa O, Azzazy Hassan M E
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Eight different HBV genotypes have been identified with distinct geographical distributions. Different genotyping methods exist including sequencing, INNO-LiPA, restriction fragment polymorphism (RFLP), multiplex PCR, serotyping, oligonucleotide microarray chips, reverse dot blot, restriction fragment mass polymorphism...
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