## Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate whether patients with chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection treated with alpha interferon and subsequent loss of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) eliminate HDV. HDV RNA was detected in 26 of 28 patients with chronic delta hepatitis using
Acute delta hepatitis without hepatitis B surface antigen detectable in the blood
✍ Scribed by H.K. Ghuman; S.R. Tribhuwan
- Book ID
- 103572049
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4453
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