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Genetic diversity of hepatitis B virus and mutations associated to hepatocellular carcinoma in patients from Venezuela, with different stages of liver disease.
Investigacion clinica - 1 Mar 2016
Puche Mary L, Kay-Valero Sharon, Michelli Pedro, Oropeza Maria D, Loureiro Carmen L, Devesa Marisol, Dagher Lucy, Pujol Flor H
Abstract excerpt
Globally, about 50% of liver cancer originates as a result of long term infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), and some genotypes and mutations have been associated with an increased severity of infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity of HBV in patients from Venezuela, with chronic infection, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to compare the occurrence of mutations in...
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