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Gender disparity in distribution of the major hydrophilic region variants of hepatitis B virus genotype C according to hepatitis B e antigen serostatus.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2011
Lee Seoung-Ae, Cho Yoo-Kyung, Lee Keun-Hwa, Hwang Eung-Soo, Kook Yoon-Hoh, Kim Bum-Joon
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion during chronic HBV infection is known to play an important role in disease progression and patient response to antiviral agents. The aim of the present study was to analyze gender disparity in distribution of major hydrophilic region (MHR) variants according to HBeAg serostatus. Prevalence of MHR variants from 68 Korean patients with chronic hepatitis (31...
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