Associations between hepatitis B virus genotype and mutants and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in J Natl Cancer Inst on August 11, 2008

Authors

Hwai-I Yang1, Shiou-Hwei Yeh, Pei-Jer Chen, Uchenna H Iloeje, Chin-Lan Jen, Jun Su, Li-Yu Wang, Sheng-Nan Lu, San-Lin You, Ding-Shinn Chen, Yun-Fan Liaw, Chien-Jen Chen, REVEAL-HBV Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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