Viral Hepatitis
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2005; 11(40): 6295-6304
Published online Oct 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i40.6295
Classifying genotype F of hepatitis B virus into F1 and F2 subtypes
Hideaki Kato, Kei Fujiwara, Robert G. Gish, Hiroshi Sakugawa, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Fuminaka Sugauchi, Etsuro Orito, Ryuzo Ueda, Yasuhito Tanaka, Takanobu Kato, Yuzo Miyakawa, Masashi Mizokami
Hideaki Kato, Kei Fujiwara, Fuminaka Sugauchi, Etsuro Orito, Ryuzo Ueda, Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
Yasuhito Tanaka, Takanobu Kato, Masashi Mizokami, Department of Clinical Molecular Informative Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
Robert G. Gish, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, California Pacific Medical Center, CA, United States
Hiroshi Sakugawa, First Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Department of Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Yuzo Miyakawa, Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Prof. Masashi Mizokami, Department of Clinical Molecular Informative Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan. mizokami@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
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Received: November 8, 2004
Revised: December 21, 2004
Accepted: December 23, 2004
Published online: October 28, 2005
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