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Prevalence of mutations in core promoter/precore region in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Nov 1998
Nagasaka A, Hige S, Marutani M, Tsunematsu I, Saito M, Yamamoto Y, Konishi S, Asaka M
Abstract excerpt
We examined the frequency and significance of mutations in the core promoter and precore region in 103 Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. HBV DNAs from the patients' sera were amplified by polymerase chain reaction and were directly sequenced. A double mutation (T1762 A1764) in the core promoter was frequently observed in the patients regardless of HBeAg status except for...
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