Molecular basis for persistent hepatitis B virus infection in the liver after clearance of serum hepatitis B surface antigen

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1736-1742

  Mason, Andrew L ^a   Xu, Lizhe ^a   Guo, Linsheng ^a   Kuhns, Mary ^b   Perrillo, Robert P ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031778788     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270638     Document Type: Article

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