The aim of the study was to investigate whether an ''inapparent'' coinfection by hepatitis B virus (HBV) in anti-HCV-positive chronic liver disease patients may influence interferon (IFN) response. Fourteen anti-HCV-positive, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative but serum HBV-DNA-positive pa
Suppression of hepatitis C virus by hepatitis B virus in coinfected patients at the National University Hospital of Singapore
β Scribed by Yuan Min Wang; Wee Chit Ng; Su Kong Lo
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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