Fluctuations in viremia, aminotransferases and IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen in chronic hepatitis B patients with disease exacerbations

Liver

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 175-181

  Mels, Guido Colloredo ^a   Bellati, Giorgio ^f   Leandro, Gioacchino ^b   Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana ^g   Vicari, Omar ^e   Borzlo, Mauro ^c   Piantino, Paolo ^g   Fornaciari, Giovanni ^d   Scudeller, Guido ^e   Angeli, Giovanni ^a   Bonino, Ferruccio ^g   Ideo, Gaetano ^f  

^a BOLOGNINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Saverio de Bellis IRCCS Hospital   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e OOMM Hospital ^*  (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

HBV; HBV DNA; hepatitis B; IgM anti HBc

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VIREMIA;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; VIREMIA;

EID: 0028071658     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: 16000676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1994.tb00071.x     Document Type: Article

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