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World-wide epidemiology of HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B and associated precore and core promoter variants.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jan 2002
Funk M L, Rosenberg D M, Lok A S F
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B is a serious disease that is endemic in many parts of the world. A significant proportion of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are infected with a variant form of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) which decreases or abolishes the production of hepatitis B e-antigen (HBeAg). The purpose of this literature review is to describe the epidemiology of HBeAg-negative CHB (e-CHB) worldwide. A literature...
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