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Distribution of the predominant hepatitis B virus precore variants in hepatitis B e antigen-positive children and their effect on treatment response.
Pediatric research - 1 Jun 1996
Cabrerizo M, Bartolomé J, Ruiz-Moreno M, Otero M, López-Alcorocho J M, Carreño V
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the distribution of precore hepatitis B virus mutants and their influence on the outcome of interferon therapy in children with chronic hepatitis B. In this study, serum samples were analyzed from 60 children with chronic hepatitis B e antigen+ (HBeAg+) hepatitis. Fifty-two of these children underwent different interferon trials, and a second serum sample was taken from 25 of them at the end...
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