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Characterization of HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B in western Brazilian Amazonia.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2008
Victoria Flamir da Silva, Oliveira Cintia Mara Costa de, Victoria Marilu Barbieri, Victoria Cristian Barbieri, Ferreira Luis Carlos Lima
Abstract excerpt
The present study was conducted with 55 patients native from western Brazilian Amazonia, who were HBV-DNA positive after seroconversion of HBeAg. It is a descriptive case study, with the patients separated into two groups: with hepatitis and without hepatitis on histological examination. The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical and molecular characteristics of patients who are chronic carriers of...
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