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Spontaneous increases in alanine aminotransferase levels in asymptomatic chronic hepatitis B virus-infected patients.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2009
Kumar Manoj, Chauhan Ranjit, Gupta Nitin, Hissar Syed, Sakhuja Puja, Sarin Shiv K
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: No information is available about the frequency or factors that predict spontaneous increases in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in asymptomatic Indian patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who are HB e antigen (HBeAg) negative and have normal ALT levels. METHODS: We followed 217 asymptomatic patients with chronic HBV who were HBeAg negative, anti-HBe antigen (anti-HBe)...
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