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Functional analysis of HBV genomes from patients with fulminant hepatitis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Nov 1998
Sterneck M, Kalinina T, Günther S, Fischer L, Santantonio T, Greten H, Will H
Abstract excerpt
Two previous case reports suggest that hepatitis B virus (HBV) core promoter variants with a high replication competence contribute to the pathogenesis of fulminant hepatitis B (FHB). We recently found in HBV genomes from patients with FHB an accumulation of mutations within the core promoter region. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the phenotype of these HBV variants. Replication competence...
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