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Pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus infection.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Jan 2007
Baumert Thomas F, Thimme Robert, von Weizsäcker Fritz
Abstract excerpt
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) leads to a wide spectrum of clinical presentations ranging from an asymptomatic carrier state to self-limited acute or fulminant hepatitis to chronic hepatitis with progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Infection with HBV is one of the most common viral diseases affecting man. Both viral factors as well as the host immune response have been implicated in the...
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