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Hepatitis B virus preS1 deletion is related to viral replication increase and disease progression.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Apr 2015
Lee Seoung-Ae, Kim Ki-Jeong, Kim Hong, Choi Won-Hyuk, Won Yu-Sub, Kim Bum-Joon
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AIM: To investigate the clinical implications of hepatitis B virus (HBV) preS1 deletion. METHODS: We developed a fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) that can detect four genotypes (wild type, 15-bp, 18-bp and 21-bp deletion). The PCR method was used in two cohorts of Korean chronic HBV subjects with genotype C infections. Cohort I included 292 chronic HBV...
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