Serum titers of pre-S(2) antigen in pati
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Kiyohiko Kurai; Shiro Iino; Kazuhiko Koike; Keiji Mitamura; Yasuo Endo; Hiroshi
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Article
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1989
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The peptide which is encoded by the pre-S(2) region of hepatitis B virus DNA, the pre-S(2) antigen, was determined quantitatively by an enzyme immunoassay system employing monoclonal antibodies. The prevalence and titer of pre-S(2)Ag were 91.9% (91/99) and 10,356 2 19,053 units (mean f S.D., arbitra