Cancer Letters
Volume 286, Issue 1 , Pages 80-88 , 1 December 2009

Worldwide genetic diversity of HBV genotypes and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Flor Helene Pujol

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, CMBC, IVIC, Apdo 20632, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
    • ,
  • Maria-Cristina Navas

      Affiliations

    • Grupo de Gastrohepatología, Universidad de Antioquia, SIU, Cr. 51 # 61-30 Medellín, Colombia
    • ,
  • Pierre Hainaut

      Affiliations

    • International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas 69372 Lyon cedex 08, France
    • ,
  • Isabelle Chemin

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U871, 69003 Lyon, France
    • Université Lyon 1, IFR62 Lyon-Est, 69008 Lyon, France
    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôtel Dieu, Service d’hépatologie et de gastroentérologie, 69002 Lyon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Universite Lyon 1, INSERM, U871, 151 Cours Albert Thomas, 69003 Lyon, France. Tel.: +33 4 72 68 19 70.

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 17 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.07.013

Cancer Letters
Volume 286, Issue 1 , Pages 80-88 , 1 December 2009

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