Seven patients are described in whom HBsAg persisted for 13 to 98 months after acute viral hepatitis B and then became nondetectable. All patients subsequently developed anti-HBs. During the period of HBs-antigenemia, liver biopsies in five patients showed persistent viral hepatitis. Retrospectively
Permanent HBsAg clearance in chronic hepatitis B viral infection following acute delta superinfection
β Scribed by Kenneth P. Chin; Sugantha Govindarajan; Allan G. Redeker
- Book ID
- 112560423
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 459 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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