The hepatitis D virus (HDV; previously called the "delta agent") is a defective organism which can replicate only in the presence of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). We tested the serum of 95 substance abusers, all of whom had sufficient evidence of chronic liver disease to warrant a liver biopsy, for h
Circulating immune complexes in HBsAg-positive and HBsAg-negative chronic liver diseases
β Scribed by Giuseppe Pastore; Francesco Paolo Schena; Gioacchino Angarano; Laura Monno; Teresa Santantonio; Giovanni Pertosa
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 419 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0940-5437
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