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Genetic variations in LTA gene and PDCD1 gene and intrauterine infection of hepatitis B virus: a case-control study in China.
Amino acids - 1 Jul 2018
Liu Tingting, Wan Zhihua, Peng Songxu, Wang Yanni, Chen Hongyan, Li Xiu, Du Yukai
Abstract excerpt
Intrauterine infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been suggested to accounting for most cases of chronic HBV infection, which cannot be blocked by combined immunoprophylaxis. The fact that the genetic background might impact the susceptibility to intrauterine infection of HBV has been identified by recent researches. A case-control study included sixty-nine HBsAg-positive mother-newborn pairs with...
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