## Abstract Two hundred and seventyβthree serum specimens from hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers were examined for the presence of a characteristic one point mutation at nucleotide (nt) 1896 from the EcoRI site of the HBV genome in the precore region (the preC mutant) using restriction fragment leng
Does the precore mutant of hbv cause fulminant hepatitis?
β Scribed by Howard C. Thomas
- Book ID
- 102237212
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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