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HBV genotypes: relevance to natural history, pathogenesis and treatment of chronic hepatitis B.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2011
Kim Beom Kyung, Revill Peter A, Ahn Sang Hoon
Abstract excerpt
Although chronic HBV infection is the leading cause of chronic liver disease and death worldwide, there are substantial differences in its clinical courses regarding prevalence, mode of transmission, characteristics of each phase, responses to antiviral therapy, and development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, according to geographical areas (Asia versus Western Europe and North America versus Africa)....
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