Mutations at Nucleotide 1762, 1764 and 1766 of Hepatitis B Virus X Gene in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and Hepatitis B-Related Cirrhosis

Abstract       Background and objective: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a DNA virus with high tendency toward hepatic tissue. There are currently about 3 million HBV-infected people and 350 to 400 million chronic carriers of this virus in the world. X protein plays a role in the over-expression of onco...

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Main Authors: Farzane Salarneia, Sare Zhand, Behnaz Khodabakhshi, Alijan Tabarraei, Mohammad Ali Vakili, Naeme Javid, Masoud Bazori, Abdolvahab Moradi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Golestan University of Medical Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:Medical Laboratory Journal
Subjects:
hbv
Online Access:http://mlj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-815-en.html