Combined use of wild-type HBV precore an
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Jack Bee Chook; Yun Fong Ngeow; Sook Fan Yap; Tian Chai Tan; Rosmawati Mohamed
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and high liver iron deposits have both been associated with the development of cirrhosis. Among HBV factors, genotype and mutations in the basal core promoter (BCP) and precore regions have been most frequently studied but the evidence for a positive association with cirrhosi