Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in cryptogenic liver cirrhosis
โ Scribed by H.L.Y. Chan; S.W.C. Tsang; T.C.M. Lau; N.W.Y. Leung; J.J.Y. Sung
- Book ID
- 119526339
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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We aimed to investigate the incidence of occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) in patients with ''cryptogenic'' hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to study the HBV replicative activity in these patients. Tumorous and adjacent nontumorous liver tissues were obtained from 33 cryptogenic HCC patients and