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[Defective short variants of S region in chronic HBV carriers].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Feb 1993
Ohno T, Mizokami M, Wakita T, Kakumu S
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the pre-S and S region of hepatitis B virus by polymerase chain reaction in 60 chronic carriers. In 10 hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic carriers, a single DNA band was detected at the expected size, whereas additional shorter DNA bands were observed in some cases with chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The smaller-sized DNA bands from chronic hepatitis patients had...
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