## Abstract Levels of serum hepatitis B virus DNA‐polymerase (HBV‐DNAP) were studied longitudinally over variable periods of time in 16 HBV chronic carriers using a modified assay procedure developed to increase reproducibility. Ten patients were tested on a short‐term basis at 3‐ to 6‐hr intervals
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity to hepatitis B virus DNA-transfected HepG2 cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B
✍ Scribed by Ito, Yuji ;Kakumu, Shinichi ;Yoshioka, Kentaro ;Wakita, Takaji ;Ishikawa, Tetsuya ;Koike, Katsuro
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 681 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0435-1339
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