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Pathogenesis of chronic liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection without serum HBeAg.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Dec 1996
Mangia A, Chung Y H, Hoofnagle J H, Birkenmeyer L, Mushahwar I, Di Bisceglie A M
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B in patients lacking hepatitis B e antigen has been attributed to a hepatitis B virus variant (G-to-A mutation at nucleotide 1896 in the precore region of the genome). We therefore assessed the frequency and significance of this variant among 43 United States patients (10 with chronic hepatitis B seropositive for e antigen, 19 seronegative for e antigen, and 14 healthy carriers). Sera were...
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