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Quantitative hepatitis B core antibody level is associated with inflammatory activity in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients.
Medicine - 1 Aug 2016
Li Min-Ran, Lu Jian-Hua, Ye Li-Hong, Sun Xing-Li, Zheng Yan-Hua, Liu Zhi-Quan, Zhang Hai-Cong, Liu Yun-Yan, Lv Ying, Huang Yan, Dai Er-Hei
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Previous studies have shown that hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) levels vary during different phases of disease in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients and can be used as a predictor of both interferon-α and nucleoside analogue therapy response. However, there is no information on the association between the quantitative serum anti-HBc (qAnti-HBc) level and liver inflammation in CHB patients....
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