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Low frequency of precore hepatitis B virus mutants in anti-hepatitis B e-positive reactivation after loss of hepatitis B e antigen in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 1995
Loriot M A, Marcellin P, Talbodec N, Guigonis V, Gigou M, Boyer N, Bezeaud A, Erlinger S, Benhamou J P
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore mutations in patients with anti-HBe-positive chronic hepatitis B with or without previous known HBe antigen (HBeAg) viremic phase, and to assess the potential implication of precore mutants in HBeAg-negative reactivation after loss of HBeAg. Nineteen patients were studied: 7 had a previous HBeAg-positive phase and had...
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