Prevalence and impact of occult hepatiti
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Marion Levast; Sylvie Larrat; Marie-Ange Thelu; Sandrine Nicod; Agnès Plages; Al
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The prevalence of occult hepatitis B, defined by absence of HBsAg and HBV DNA, ranges widely in patients with hepatitis C. This may influence the treatment of hepatitis C and the severity of liver disease. Sensitive and specific realβtime PCR techniques are available commercially and ca