Article
Association of hepatitis B virus mutations in basal core promoter and precore regions with severity of liver disease: an investigation of 793 Chinese patients with mild and severe chronic hepatitis B and acute-on-chronic liver failure.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2011
Xu Zhihui, Ren Xiaoqiang, Liu Yan, Li Xiaodong, Bai Siyu, Zhong Yanwei, Wang Lin, Mao Panyong, Wang Huifen, Xin Shaojie, Wong Vincent Wai-Sun, Chan Henry Lik-Yuen, Zoulim Fabien, Xu Dongping
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the features of hepatitis B virus (HBV) basal core promoter/precore (BCP/PC) mutations and genotypes in a large number of mild/severe chronic hepatitis B (CHB-M/CHB-S), and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients and analyze the clinical implications of the virologic features. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sera of 793 (325 CHB-M, 170 CHB-S, and 298 ACLF) patients admitted to or who had...
Topics
- Adult
- Alanine Transaminase
- Asian People
- Bilirubin
- End Stage Liver Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B e Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
