World‐wide epidemiology of HBeAg‐negative chronic hepatitis B and associated precore and core promoter variants
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- 11 January 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Viral Hepatitis
- Vol. 9 (1) , 52-61
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2893.2002.00304.x
Abstract
Hepatitis B is a serious disease that is endemic in many parts of the world. A significant proportion of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are infected with a variant form of the hepatitis B vi...Keywords
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