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Cellular vacuolization and apoptosis induced by hepatitis B virus large surface protein

  1. Ngee-Chih Foo1,2,
  2. Byung Y. Ahn1,2,3,
  3. Xiaohong Ma1,
  4. William Hyun4,
  5. T. S. Benedict Yen M.D.1,2,*

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360616

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 1400–1407, December 2002

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Foo, N.-C., Ahn, B. Y., Ma, X., Hyun, W. and Benedict Yen, T. S. (2002), Cellular vacuolization and apoptosis induced by hepatitis B virus large surface protein. Hepatology, 36: 1400–1407. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360616

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  1. 1

    Pathology Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology University of California, San Francisco, CA

  3. 3

    Department of Life Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

  4. 4

    Department of Pathology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA

*Pathology 113B, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121. E-mail: yen@itsa.ucsf.edu; fax: 415–750–6947

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 26 AUG 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 19 JUL 2002

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  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: R01CA55578
  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: P30DK26743

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