Circulating antibody to hepatitis B core antigen does not always reflect the latent hepatitis B virus infection in the liver tissue

Hepatology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-114

  Katsurada, Akira ^a   Marusawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a   Kaburagi, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Chiba, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti HBc; Blood transfusion; Latent infection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TIME; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0037309421     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(02)00215-2     Document Type: Article

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