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Acute hepatitis C virus superinfection followed by spontaneous HBeAg seroconversion and HBsAg elimination
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The incidence of fulminant hepatic failure in acute viral hepatitis in Taiwan: Increased risk in patients with pre-existing HBsAg carrier state
The incidence of fulminant hepatitis in Taiwan was studied in a series of consecutive 523 patients with acute viral hepatitis including 11 with acute hepatitis A, 67 with acute hepatitis B, 124 with acute hepa...
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The aetiology of acute hepatitis in Taiwan: Acute hepatitis superimposed on HBsAg carrier state as the main aetiology of acute hepatitis in areas with high HBsAg carrier rate
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Appearance and persistence of hepatitis A IgM antibody in acute clinical hepatitis A observed in an outbreak
143 patients with acute hepatitis A observed during a common source outbreak were tested for IgM class antibody to hepatitis A virus (IgM anti-HAV) by commercially available solid phase radioimmunoassays. All ...
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Clinicopathological response of HBsAg-positive chronic active hepatitis to adenine arabinoside: Lack of correlation with DNA polymerase response
Fifteen patients with HBsAg-positive, severe chronic active heptatitis, nine DNA polymerase (DNAP)-positive and six negative were treated with intravenous adenine arabinoside (Ara-A) in a dose of 10 mg/kg/day ...