The presence of hepatitis B virus DNA and anti-b was examined in a longitudinal study of 24 patients known to be &infected during the course from acute to chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Fifteen patients (63%) were hepatitis B virus DNA positive in the first serum sample. Eleven of 14 patients,
Significance of serum and hepatic markers of hepatitis B viral infection in HBsAg-positive and HBsAg-negative chronic active hepatitis
β Scribed by John Freiman; Robert Eckstein; Geoffrey McCaughan; Carolyn Parsons; J. Stuart Davies; Peter Diegutis; Leslie Burnett; Neil Gallagher
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 396 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
CAH based on established criteria (7) and evidence of liver disease for greater than 6 months, were included in this study. Age, sex, drug history, alcohol intake and predisposing factors to HBV infection were recorded.
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