The purposes of this study were (a) to describe the clinical and biochemical manifestations associated with spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus as defined by the reappearance of hepatitis B virus DNA in serum using dot-blot hybridization and (b) to determine whether the clinical and bioche
Spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with chronic type B hepatitis
β Scribed by Giovanna Fattovich; Lucio Brollo; Alfredo Alberti; Giuseppe Realdi; Patrizia Pontisso; Giuliano Giustina; Arturo Ruol
- Book ID
- 114796687
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 369 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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