Truncated Hepatitis B Virus RNA in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Its Representation in Patients with Advancing Age

Publisher: Karger

E-ISSN: 1423-0100|42|4|228-237

ISSN: 0300-5526

Source: Intervirology, Vol.42, Iss.4, 1999-11, pp. : 228-237

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Abstract

; 0.05). An inverse relationship existed between the presence of truncated RNA and the presence of RNA carrying core gene sequences. The results of this study establish truncated RNA as a frequent marker of the chronic infection but leave it open whether it is found preferentially in patients developing HCC or generally in chronically infected individuals.