The Association Between Hepatitis B Virus Mutations and the Risk of Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

doi:10.2174/1566524021666210816094412

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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

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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...

Topics

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Genotype
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B, Chronic
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver Neoplasms
Mutation
Vaccines

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