Heterogeneous HBV mutants coexist in Korean hepatitis B patients.

doi:10.1038/emm.1998.17

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Heterogeneous HBV mutants coexist in Korean hepatitis B patients.

Experimental & molecular medicine - 30 Jun 1998

Keum W K, Kim J Y, Kim J Y, Chi S G, Woo H J, Kim S S, Ha J, Kang I

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Although many hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants have been found in all open reading frames since the precore defective mutant was initially reported, systematic investigations of diverse HBV mutant populations in hepatitis B patients have not been performed. Therefore, we examined whether heterogen...

Topics

Adult
Base Sequence
Conserved Sequence
Female
Genetic Heterogeneity
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B, Chronic
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID: 9873832
DOI: 10.1038/emm.1998.17

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