Article
Precore/core mutations of hepatitis B virus in hepatocellular carcinomas developed on noncirrhotic livers.
Gastroenterology - 1 Sept 1996
Minami M, Poussin K, Kew M, Okanoue T, Bréchot C, Paterlini P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatitis B virus genomes have been detected in hepatocellular carcinoma developed without the pretumoral step of cirrhosis; this finding is consistent with a direct effect of the virus in liver cell transformation. The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular bases for the hepatitis B virus persistence. Three hepatitis B surface antigen-positive and 2 hepatitis B surface...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
