The absence of hepatitis B virus DNA in
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Janet S. Scott; Pei-En Pan; Raymond A. Pace; Theo P. Sloots; Prof. W. Graham Coo
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Sera from 20 Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B were examined for hepatitis B e antigen and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA. There was considerable discordance with HBV DNA not being detectable in 10 out of 13 (77%) patients who were hepatitis B e antigen positive. Further testing fo