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Progressive accumulation of mutations in the hepatitis B virus genome and its impact on time to diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 2016
Sung Feng-Yu, Lan Chia-Ying, Huang Chi-Jung, Lin Chih-Lin, Liu Chun-Jen, Chen Pei-Jer, Lin Shi-Ming, Yu Ming-Whei
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UNLABELLED: To evaluate how hepatitis B virus (HBV) genetic variation affected progression from chronic carrier state to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we analyzed HBV full-length sequences in blood obtained <1-20 years before diagnosis from 117 HCC cases and 118 controls nested in a cohort of 4,841 HBV carriers, for whom HBV genotypes B and C are predominant. The relationship between each viral...
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