Article
Role of hepatitis B virus base core and precore/core promoter mutations on hepatocellular carcinoma in untreated older genotype C Chinese patients.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Oct 2011
Zheng J-X, Zeng Z, Zheng Y Y, Yin S-J, Zhang D-Y, Yu Y-Y, Wang F
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of mutations of basal core promoter (BCP) and precore (PreC) region of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and their association with hepatocellular carcinoma. A total of 341 untreated older HBV patients were divided into three groups: chronic hepatitis B (CHB, 185), cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma (LC-HCC, 113) and non-cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma (non-LC-HCC,...
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