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Genomic change in hepatitis B virus associated with development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Jun 2016
Lee Danbi, Lyu Heather, Chung Young-Hwa, Kim Jeong A, Mathews Priya, Jaffee Elizabeth, Zheng Lei, Yu Eunsil, Lee Young Joo, Ryu Soo Hyung
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To determine the genomic changes in hepatitis B virus (HBV) and evaluate their role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients chronically infected with genotype C HBV. METHODS: Two hundred and forty chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients were subjected and followed for a median of 105 mo. HCC was diagnosed in accordance with AASLD guidelines. The whole X, S, basal core promoter (BCP), and...
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