Comprehensive regression analysis of hepatitis B virus X antigen level and anti-HBx antibody titer in the sera of patients with HBV infection

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Pál, József ^a   Nyárády, Zoltán ^a   Marczinovits, Ilona ^b   Pár, Alajos ^a   Ali, Younes Saleh ^a,c   Berencsi, György ^a   Kvell, Krisztiän ^a   Németh, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Epitope mapping; HBxAg; Hepatitis B virus; Immunoserology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROGNOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33645981273     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893429     Document Type: Article

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