The clinical, virologic and pathologic features of chronic hepatitis B virus infection were studied in 66 children, of whom 29 were symptomatic and 37 asymptomatic. The majority (79%) of symptomatic children had histologically aggressive diseases: 11 had chronic active hepatitis and 10 had cirrhosis
A long-term study of hepatitis B virus-related antigens and immunological parameters in children with chronic hepatitis
β Scribed by Renata Calzia; Rita Piscopo; Carla Navone; Barbara Ciravegna; S. Raffanti; P. Tolentino
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8126
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