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Analysis of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutations in patients from Western Saudi Arabia with chronic disease
Author(s) -
Sherif A. ElKafrawy,
Ghazi A. Jamjoom,
Hisham Othman Akbar,
Hind I. Fallatah,
Mai M. El-Daly,
Yousef Qari,
Abdullah Saeed Alghamdi,
Mohamed Babatin,
Mohammed Alsaedi,
Noura A. Othman,
Tagreed L. Alsubhi,
Mohamed AbdelHamid,
Esam I. Azhar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9534
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , hepatitis b virus , genotype , medicine , liver disease , gastroenterology , virology , hepatitis b , chronic liver disease , occult , fibrosis , virus , biology , pathology , gene , genetics , cirrhosis , alternative medicine
Extensive research has provided a link between HBV variants and the clinical complications of liver diseases. This study was performed to further investigate the relationship between HBV variants in preS, S and BCP/PC regions and disease progression in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) cases in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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