Spontaneous relapse of hepatitis in inactive HBsAg carriers
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Assessment of hepatic fibrosis and necroinflammation among inactive HBsAg carriers in Egypt.
UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION. The inactive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier state is usually characterized by minimal or absent liver pathology. However, in developing countries, owing to the very early age of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), this state is reached after a very prolonged immune tolerant and immune reactive phase, during which considerable liver damage may have occur...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology International
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1936-0533,1936-0541
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-007-9002-9