Open AccessGenomic change in hepatitis B virus associated with development of hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Danbi Lee,
Heather Lyu,
Young Hwa Chung,
JeongA Kim,
Priya M. Mathews,
Elizabeth M. Jaffee,
Zheng Li,
Eunsil Yu,
Young Joo Lee,
Soo Hyung Ryu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v22.i23.5393
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , hepatitis b virus , genotype , medicine , virology , mutation , hepatitis b , gastroenterology , virus , gene , biology , genetics
To determine the genomic changes in hepatitis B virus (HBV) and evaluate their role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients chronically infected with genotype C HBV.