Hepatitis B virus core and core-related antigen quantitation in Chinese patients with chronic genotype B and C hepatitis B virus infection

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1726-1730

  Rokuhara, Akinori ^a   Sun, Xiaohong ^a   Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Kimura, Tatsuji ^b   Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a   Yao, Dongmei ^c   Yin, Lei ^c   Wang, Na ^c   Maki, Noboru ^b   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B antigens; Hepatitis B core antigens (HBcAg); Hepatitis B e antigens (HBeAg); Hepatitis B virus; Viral proteins

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE RELATED ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS LOAD; ASIAN; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLARITY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 33644813744     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.04087.x     Document Type: Article

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