## Abstract Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)βnegative chronic hepatitis B results from infection with hepatitis B virus mutants unable to produce HBeAg. It accounts for 7β30% of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) worldwide, with the highest rates reported for Mediterranean Europe and Asia.
Natural history of hbeag-negative chronic Hepatitis b
β Scribed by Marc G. Ghany; T. Jake Liang
- Book ID
- 107540442
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1540-3416
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