A genome-wide association study on chronic HBV infection and its clinical progression in male Han-Taiwanese.

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Published in PLoS One on June 18, 2014

Authors

Su-Wei Chang1, Cathy Shen-Jang Fann2, Wen-Hui Su3, Yu Chen Wang4, Chia Chan Weng4, Chia-Jung Yu5, Chia-Lin Hsu2, Ai-Ru Hsieh6, Rong-Nan Chien4, Chia-Ming Chu4, Dar-In Tai4

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
2: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
3: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
4: Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
5: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
6: Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy of HBV Vaccine in Consolidation of Nucleos(t)Ide Analogues Therapy | NCT02505009

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