By routine screening for serologic markers of hepatitis A and B in patients with acute hepatitis, 30 chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus with serologic evidence of acute hepatitis A and two patients with simultaneous acute infection with hepatitis A virus and hepatitis B virus were detected. For
Acute viral hepatitis in chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus: Different patterns in different places
โ Scribed by Anna Lok
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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โฆ Synopsis
The aetiology of acute hepatitis in Taiwan: acute hepatitis superimposed on HBsAg carrier state as the main aetiology of acute hepatitis in areas with high HBsAg carrier rate. Infection 1988;
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