Reactivation of precore mutant hepatitis
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Ming-Shen Dai; Jang-Jih Lu; Yeu-Chin Chen; Cherng-Lih Perng; Tsu-Yi Chao
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## BACKGROUND. A point mutation from G to A at nucleotide (nt) 1896 of the precore region of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA has been shown to be associated with fulminant and severe hepatitis. Further studies have suggested that this point mutation, together with additional mutations in the precore p