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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to report the first experience of using tests of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) and antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the molecular characteristics of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in ‘anti-HBc alone’ subjects.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-four patients with ‘anti-HBc alone’...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Alcohol and the hepatitis B virus (HBV) exert synergistic effects in hepatocelluar carcinogenesis. We aimed to elucidate the clinical significance of the antibody to hepatitis B core antigen...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Many patients with positive anti-HBc, but negative HBsAg, are known to harbor occult HBV infection, which may transmit the virus through the graft in liver transplantation. We examined...