Persistent hepatitis B virus infection in subjects without hepatitis B surface antigen: Clinically significant or purely “occult”?

• Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 194 - 203
• Main Authors: Bréchot, Christian, Thiers, Valérie, Kremsdorf, Dina, Nalpas, Bertrand, Pol, Stanislas, Paterlini-Bréchot, Patrizia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01.07.2001; W.B. Saunders; Wiley
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; DNA, Viral - analysis; Hepatitis B - diagnosis; Hepatitis B - drug therapy; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis B - virology; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - analysis; Hepatitis B virus - genetics; Hepatitis B virus - immunology; Hepatitis C - complications; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Liver - virology; Medical sciences; Viral diseases; Viral hepatitis; Human; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Quantization; Hepatic disease; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Malignant tumor; Medical screening; Infection; Viral hepatitis B; Polymerase chain reaction; Concomitant disease; Viral disease; Digestive diseases; Complication; Seronegativity; Biological effect; Molecular biology; Bibliographic review