Natural history of chronic hepatitis B: extending the REVEAL study
โ Scribed by William Graham Earnshaw Cooksley
- Book ID
- 111239322
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has a complicated course. Three phases are identified: an immune tolerant phase with high HBV DNA and normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels associated with minimal liver disease; an immune active phase with high HBV DNA and elevated ALT levels with ac
Serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) quantification has been suggested to reflect the concentration of covalently closed circular DNA in the liver. We aimed to investigate the HBsAg levels at different stages of chronic hepatitis B and the changes in HBsAg level during the natural progression o