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Low HBV-DNA levels in end-stage renal disease patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2006
Moutinho Renata S, Perez Renata M, Medina-Pestana José O, Figueiredo Mauro S, Koide Sandra, Alberto Fernando Lopes, Silva Antonio Eduardo B, Ferraz Maria Lucia G
Abstract excerpt
In end-stage renal disease patients treated by hemodialysis with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the evaluation of the presence of viral replication is essential in the assessment for renal transplantation. Data on HBV viral load, prevalence of precore mutations, as well as the influence of HCV coinfection on HBV-DNA levels in this group of patients is scarce. The aim of this study was...
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