[Current contribution of molecular biology in the diagnosis of hepatitis B].

Article

[Current contribution of molecular biology in the diagnosis of hepatitis B].

Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica - 1 Jan 2000

Brenard R

Abstract excerpt

Recent advances in molecular biology had led to a better understanding of the pathology of hepatitis B virus. The polymerase chain reaction technique has shown that the genome of hepatitis B virus is highly variable. Mutations in the pre-core region are associated with HBe Ag negative chronic hep...

Topics

Genome
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Antibodies
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis, Chronic
Humans
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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