Hepatitis D virus and hepatitis B virus nucleic acids were detected by Northern and Southern blot hybridization in the sera and livers of 86 chronic carriers of HBsAg and anti-hepatitis D followed up for a mean of 10 yr. We identified three subsets of patients 13 with hepatitis D virus and hepatitis
Cryptic hepatitis B virus replication during prednisone therapy in type B chronic active hepatitis
โ Scribed by Maria Grazia Rumi; Adriana Rossi; Michele Bortolini; Raffaella Romeo; Stefania Sampietro; Ersilio Del Ninno; Maurizio Comanducci; Massimo Colombo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 791 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0940-5437
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