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Profile of pre-S deletions in the natural history of chronic hepatitis B infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2010
Yeung Pok, Wong Danny Ka-Ho, Lai Ching-Lung, Fung James, Seto Wai-Kay, Yuen Man-Fung
Abstract excerpt
It have been suggested that hepatitis B virus (HBV) pre-S deletions may play a role in hepatocarcinogenesis. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of pre-S deletions in chronic hepatitis B patients in Hong Kong, the factors associated with the deletions and its relationship with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion. HBV pre-S deletions were determined by nucleotide sequence analysis in 178...
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