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Virological outcomes in patients infected chronically with hepatitis B virus genotype A in comparison with genotypes B and C.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2006
Kobayashi Mariko, Akuta Norio, Suzuki Fumitaka, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Arase Yasuji, Ikeda Kenji, Hosaka Tetsuya, Saitoh Satoshi, Kobayashi Masahiro, Someya Takashi, Sato Junko, Watabiki Sachiyo, Miyakawa Yuzo, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
In a single hospital in Tokyo, the 87 patients infected persistently with hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype A, the 413 with B, and the 3,389 with C were compared for virological outcome. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was cleared from the serum in 12% (3/26), 2% (2/112), and 3% (23/826) of patients with genotypes A, B, and C, respectively, at 5 years of follow-up (P = 0.0395). Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)...
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