Article
Patients with and without loss of hepatitis B virus DNA after hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion have different virological characteristics.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2006
Misawa Noriko, Matsumoto Akihiro, Tanaka Eiji, Rokuhara Akinori, Yoshizawa Kaname, Umemura Takeji, Maki Noboru, Kimura Tatsuji, Kiyosawa Kendo
Abstract excerpt
The characteristic differences between patients with and without loss of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA after achieving hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion were analyzed by comparing changes in HBV DNA and HBV core-related antigen levels during a period from 3 years before to 3 years after the seroconversion. Of the 24 seroconverters, 6 (inactive replication group) showed continuous loss of HBV DNA in serum after...
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