Distribution of hepatitis B virus in the liver of chronic hepatitis C patients with occult hepatitis B virus infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-580

  Rodríguez Iñigo, Elena ^a   Mariscal, Luisa ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   Castillo, Inmaculada ^a   Navacerrada, Cristina ^a   Ortiz Movilla, Nuria ^a   Pardo, Margarita ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^a,b  

^a Hospital Pardo de Aravaca   (Spain)

^b Fundacion para el Estudio de Las Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; HBV DNA; In situ hybridization; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0038722644     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10432     Document Type: Article

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