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[The effect of the acetylation phenotype on the course severity and outcome of acute viral hepatitis B].
Terapevticheskii arkhiv - 1 Jan 1996
Usmanova L P, Kasimova N B, Kuznetsova T A, Kotel'nikova L I, Bogdanova A G, Cherenova O P
Abstract excerpt
Acetylation phenotype was studied in 70 inpatients with acute viral hepatitis B. Of them, 51 had fast and 19 slow acetylation. Fast-type acetylation was associated with mild-severe form of hepatitis B, while slow-type acetylation--with recurrences and aggravations, severe form of hepatitis. The duration of HB antigenemia in the slow-type group was twice as long as in the fast-type group. Two patients, "slow...
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