The degrees of hepatocyte nuclear but not cytoplasmic expression of hepatitis B core antigen reflect the level of viral replication in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-105

  Chu, Chia Ming ^a,b   Yeh, Chau Ting ^a   Chien, Rong Nan ^a   Sheen, I Shyan ^a   Liaw, Yun Fan ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031060085     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.102-105.1997     Document Type: Article

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