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Immunopathology on hepatocyte expression of HBV surface, core, and x antigens in chronic hepatitis B: clinical and virological correlation.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Feb 2010
Chu Chia-Ming, Shyu Wei-Chue, Liaw Yun-Fan
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PURPOSE: Hepatocyte expression of HBV surface, core, and x antigens (HBsAg, HBcAg and HBxAg), semi-quantitated by immunopathology, were correlated with clinical and virological data in 80 patients with chronic hepatitis B. RESULTS: Seventy patients were HBsAg positive in cytoplasm, 61 were HBcAg positive, including 45 in both nucleus and cytoplasm and 16 in cytoplasm only, and 47 were HBxAg positive in cytoplasm....
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