In patients with chronic hepatitis B and C virus (HBV, HCV) infection, an inverse relationship in the replicative activity of the two viruses has been reported. In the present study the genotype of HCV was evaluated in 34 consecutive cases found with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-HCV
Clinical characteristics of patients infected with hepatitis B virus genotypes A, B, and C
โ Scribed by Mariko Kobayashi; Yasuji Arase; Kenji Ikeda; Akihito Tsubota; Yoshiyuki Suzuki; Satoshi Saitoh; Masahiro Kobayashi; Fumitaka Suzuki; Norio Akuta; Takashi Someya; Marie Matsuda; Junko Sato; Hiromitsu Kumada
- Book ID
- 107706520
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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