Hepatitis B surface antigen: Relation to hepatitis B replication parameters in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Manesis, Emanuel K ^a,c   Papatheodoridis, George V ^a   Tiniakos, Dina G ^a   Hadziyannis, Emilia S ^a   Agelopoulou, Olga P ^a   Syminelaki, Thalia ^a   Papaioannou, Christos ^a   Nastos, Theodoros ^b   Karayiannis, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Imperial College ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

cccDNA; HBcAg immunostaining; HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B; HBsAg immunostaining; Serum HBsAg levels; Serum HBV DNA; Total liver HBV DNA

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 79958800541     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 01688278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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