Sera of 17 HBeAg positive and 104 anti-HBe positive asymptomatic HBsAg carriers from two cohorts were tested for HBV DNA. HBV DNA was found in 13 of 17 HBeAg positive carriers (76.5%) and in only 7 of 104 of anti-HBe positive carriers (6.7%). Eleven of the 17 HBeAg positive carriers were retested fo
The Two Different States of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Asymptomatic Carriers (HBe-Antigen-Positive versus Anti-HBe-Positive Asymptomatic Carriers)
β Scribed by Keiichi Fujiwara; Osamu Yokosuka; Toshiki Ehata; Wan-Long Chuang; Fumio Imazeki; Hiromitsu Saisho; Masao Omata
- Book ID
- 110378385
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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