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A population-based study to investigate host genetic factors associated with hepatitis B infection and pathogenesis in the Chinese population

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a significant public health problem that may lead to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Approximately 30% of the world's population has been infected with HBV and approximately 350 million (5–6%) are persistent...

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Autores principales: Zeng, Zheng, Guan, Li, An, Ping, Sun, Shan, O'Brien, Stephen J, Winkler, Cheryl A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2238742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18171470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-1