## Abstract Sera from 20 Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B were examined for hepatitis B e antigen and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA. There was considerable discordance with HBV DNA not being detectable in 10 out of 13 (77%) patients who were hepatitis B e antigen positive. Further testing fo
Discrimination against hepatitis B carriers in China
โ Scribed by Tian Yang; Meng-chao Wu
- Book ID
- 117309242
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 378
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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