The serology of chronic hepatitis B infection revisited

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 2586-2595

  Maruyama, Toshiyuki ^a   McLachlan, Alan ^a   Lino, Shiro ^b   Koike, Kazuhiko ^b   Kurokawa, Kiyoshi ^b   Milich, David R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic infection; Hepatitis B virus; Immune complex; Serology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; ARTIFACTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027302418     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI116497     Document Type: Article

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