Patients with and without loss of hepatitis B virus DNA after hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion have different virological characteristics

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Misawa, Noriko ^a   Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a   Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Rokuhara, Akinori ^a   Yoshizawa, Kaname ^a   Umemura, Takeji ^a   Maki, Noboru ^b   Kimura, Tatsuji ^b   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a,c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core promoter mutation; HBV core related antigen; HBV DNA; Precore mutation; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 28944436529     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20505     Document Type: Article

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