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Mutations in the transcriptional regulatory region of the precore and core/pregenome of a hepatitis B virus with defective HBeAg production.
Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica - 1 Nov 1994
Moriyama K, Takada T, Tsutsumi Y, Fukada K, Ishibashi H, Niho Y, Maeda Y
Abstract excerpt
Termination mutations in the precore open reading frame of hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants with defective hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) production have been demonstrated in both infected patients who have seroconverted to anti-HBe and those with fulminant hepatitis B. A donated plasma sample was found to be positive for the hepatitis B surface antigen, but negative for both HBeAg and anti-HBe. The HBV DNA titer...
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