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A mutation of the start codon in the X region of hepatitis B virus DNA in a patient with non-B, non-C chronic hepatitis
Kiyotaka Fujise, Keiko Tatsuzawa, Akihito Tsubota, Minoru Niiya, Hisao Tajiri, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kashiwa Hospital, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Chiba 277-8567, Japan
Kiyotaka Fujise, Keiko Tatsuzawa, Sadayori Hoshina, Akihito Tsubota, Yoshihisa Namiki, Norio Tada, Institute of Clinical Medicine and Research, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Chiba 277-8567, Japan
Midori Kono, Sadayori Hoshina, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
Author contributions: Fujise K, Tatsuzawa K, Hoshina S, Tsubota A performed the research; Fujise K, Tatsuzawa K, Kono M, Hoshina S, Tsubota A, Namiki Y, Tada N analyzed the research data; Fujise K, Tsubota A, Niiya M analyzed the clinical data; and Fujise K, Kono M, Hoshina S, Tsubota A, Tajiri H wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Kiyotaka Fujise, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kashiwa Hospital, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 163-1 Kashiwa-shita, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8567, Japan. kfujise@jcom.home. ne.jp
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Received: July 30, 2010
Revised: November 14, 2010
Accepted: November 21, 2010
Published online: February 27, 2011
Revised: November 14, 2010
Accepted: November 21, 2010
Published online: February 27, 2011
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