Anti-HBe titre in patients infected with wild-type and e-minus variant of hepatitis B virus

Research in Virology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Tu, H ^a   Li, P Y ^a   Wen, Y M ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti HBe antibodies; Chronic hepatitis; HBeAg; HBV; Hepatitis B; PCR; Selective pressure; Titration; Variants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0030010496     PISSN: 09232516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2516(96)80238-X     Document Type: Article

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