Year: 2009
Type: erratum
Abstract: An author would like to draw the reader's attention to some errors in the following article: Kusakabe A, Tanaka Y, Mochida S, Nakayama N, Inoue K, Sata M, Isoda N, Kang J-H, Sumino Y, Yatsuhashi H, Takikawa Y, Kaneko S, Yamada G, Karino Y, Tanaka E, Kato J, Sakaida I, Izumi N, Sugauchi F, Nojiri S, Joh T, Miyakawa Y and Mizokami M. Case–control study for the identification of virological factors associated with fulminant hepatitis B. Hepatology Research 2009; 39: 648–656. On page 654, the legend for Figure 3 should read as follows: Genotypes/subgenotypes (a) and mutations in core promoter, pre-core and core regions (b) between the 12 fulminant hepatitis B patients developed by acute exacerbation of asymptomatic HBV carrier (FH-C) and the 12 patients without fulminant hepatitis by acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B (AE-C). The author apologizes for this error and any confusion it may have caused.
Source: Hepatology Research
Language: English
Topic: Hepatitis B Virus Studies
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4246301126