Genome-wide association study of hepatocellular carcinoma in Southern Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

One of the most relevant risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development is chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, but only a fraction of chronic HBV carriers develop HCC, indicating that complex interactions among viral, environmental and genetic factors lead to HCC in HBV-infected...

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Main Authors: Kelvin Yuen-Kwong Chan, Chun-Ming Wong, Johnny Sheung-Him Kwan, Joyce Man-Fong Lee, Ka Wai Cheung, Man Fung Yuen, Ching Lung Lai, Ronnie Tung-Ping Poon, Pak Chung Sham, Irene Oi-Lin Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22174901/pdf/?tool=EBI