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Hepatitis B virus mutations related to liver disease progression of Korean patients.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Jan 2014
Kim Bum-Joon
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global health problem and more than 350 million people worldwide are chronic carriers of the virus. Despite the recent dramatic decline in HBV chronic patients through successful programs of hepatitis B surface antigen vaccination, South Korea is still recognized as an endemic area of HBV infection. HBV infections in South Korea exhibit several distinct features in...
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