Frequent coinfection of surface antigen-negative hepatitis B virus (silent HBV) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated chronic liver disease (CLD) has been reported. The clinical and virological significance of silent HBV infection was investigated in 65 patients with HCV-associated CLD who subsequen
Double hepatitis B virus infection in a patient with HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection and ‘anti-HBc alone’ as serological pattern
✍ Scribed by A. A. Wagner; V. Loustaud-Ratti; I. Chemin; P. Weinbreck; F. Denis; S. Alain
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-9723
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