## Abstract The prevalence of serum HBV DNA in individuals positive for anti‐HBc alone was determined by the polymerase chain reaction in two groups with endemic HBV infection from Canton (group A) and Hainan (group B), provinces of China. Twenty‐one out of 294 individuals in group A (7.2%) and 193
Deletions in the hepatitis B virus core gene may influence the clinical outcome in hepatitis B e antigen–positive asymptomatic healthy carriers
✍ Scribed by Tsubota, Akihito; Kumada, Hiromitsu; Takaki, Kimiko; Chayama, Kazuaki; Kobayashi, Mizuho; Kobayashi, Masahiro; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki; Saitoh, Satoshi; Arase, Yasuji; Murashima, Naoya; Ikeda, Kenji
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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