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Hepatitis B virus DNA levels, precore mutations, genotypes and histological activity in chronic hepatitis B.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jul 2000
Lindh M, Horal P, Dhillon A P, Norkrans G
Abstract excerpt
The present study aimed to clarify how viraemia levels reflect the clinical stages of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in particular studying whether 'healthy carriers' can be identified by analysing HBV DNA levels with a highly sensitive quantitative assay. Histology activity index (HAI), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level, genotype and precore mutations were compared with the HBV DNA level, as...
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