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Absence of hepatitis B virus precore mutants in patients with chronic hepatitis B responding to interferon-alpha.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jun 1992
Xu J, Brown D, Harrison T, Lin Y, Dusheiko G
Abstract excerpt
Precore defective HBV mutants may gradually prevail because of immune selection and explain spontaneous seroconversion from HBeAg to anti-HBe in HBV carriers. We have analyzed whether the presence of precore HBV mutants is a determinant of responsiveness to interferon-alpha therapy. Fifteen carriers (nine responders and six nonresponders) who were treated with interferon-alpha were examined. Serum samples were...
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