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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2005; 11(30): 4693-4696
Published online Aug 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i30.4693
Mutations in hepatitis B virus core regions correlate with hepatocellular injury in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B
Bei-Hai Li, Shi-Oing Zhou, Su-Wen Wang, Bo-Xin Zhang, Iwao Nishide, Keiji Mimura, Motoshige Miyano, Masakazu Ichinose, Susumu Yukawa, Hiroko Hamagami, Hiroki Ueda, Hiroto Tanaka
Hiroto Tanaka, Hiroki Ueda, Hiroko Hamagami, Susumu Yukawa, Masakazu Ichinose, The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
Motoshige Miyano, Keiji Mimura, Iwao Nishide, Nishide Hospital, 236 Umizuka, Kaizuka City, Osaka 597-0083, Japan
Bo-Xin Zhang, Su-Wen Wang, Shi-Oing Zhou, Bei-Hai Li, Jinan Central Hospital, 105 Jiefang Road, Jinan 250013, Shandong Province, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Hiroto Tanaka, MD, PhD, Horidomenishi 1-4-28, Wakayama city, Japan. h-tana@yf6.so-net.ne.jp
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Received: October 29, 2004
Revised: December 15, 2004
Accepted: December 20, 2004
Published online: August 14, 2005
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