Hepatitis B virus genotypes, precore and core promoter variants among predominantly Asian patients with chronic HBV infection in a Canadian center.

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Published in Liver Int on September 01, 2006

Authors

Scott K Fung1, Florence S H Wong, David K H Wong, Munira T Hussain, Anna S F Lok

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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