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Sequential analysis of hepatitis B virus core promoter and precore regions in cancer survivor patients with chronic hepatitis B before, during and after interferon treatment.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 May 2002
Zampino Rosa, Marrone A, Cirillo G, del Giudice E Miraglia, Utili R, Karayiannis P, Liang T J, Ruggiero G
Abstract excerpt
We analysed the hepatitis B virus (HBV) core-promoter (CP) and precore (PC) regions before, during and after interferon treatment in young Caucasian cancer survivors who had acquired HBV infection during chemotherapy for malignancies. Fourteen patients with chronic hepatitis B [hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) /HBV-DNA positive] received alpha-2a interferon (IFN), 5 MU/m2 t.i.w. for 12 months. HBV CP and PC region...
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