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The Association Between Hepatitis B Virus Mutations and the Risk of Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2022
Akrami Hassan, Monjezi Mohammad Rafiee, Ilbeigi Shahrzad, Amiri Farshid, Fattahi Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus [HBV], the best-described hepadnavirus, is distributed all around the world and may lead to chronic and acute liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Despite the advancement in treatment against HBV, an errorprone reverse transcriptase, which is required for HBV replication as well as host immune pressure, leads to constant evolution and emergence of genotypes, subgenotypes and...
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