Hepatitis B E antigen detection in formalin-fixed liver biopsy specimens. A tool to investigate wild-type and E-minus variant HBV infection.

doi:10.1093/ajcp/103.2.136

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Hepatitis B E antigen detection in formalin-fixed liver biopsy specimens. A tool to investigate wild-type and E-minus variant HBV infection.

American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Feb 1995

Villari D, Pollicino T, Spinella S, Russo F, Campo S, Rodino G, Squadrito G, Longo G, Raimondo G

Abstract excerpt

The aim of this study is to investigate whether hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) reactivity can be detected on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded liver tissue, and whether immunohistochemical detection of intrahepatic HBeAg may help to distinguish between "wild-type" and "eminus" hepatitis B virus (H...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Base Sequence
Biopsy
Fixatives
Formaldehyde
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Humans
Liver
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Oligonucleotide Probes
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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PMID: 7856554
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/103.2.136

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