Evidence of ongoing virus multiplication in type B fulminant hepatitis
Autor: | Subrat K. Acharya, Tandon Bn, B.M. Gandhi, Mohammad Irshad, Yogendra Kumar Joshi |
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Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 3:139-142 |
ISSN: | 1440-1746 0815-9319 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1988.tb00229.x |
Popis: | The presence of HBeAg- and HBV-specific DNA-polymerase (DNA-P) activity-regarded as markers of HBV multiplication-were studied in 40 patients with fulminant hepatitis B within 1-5 days of the onset of hepatic encephalopathy. HBeAg and DNA-P were detected in three (7 %) and 21 (51%) of the patients respectively. Only three (7%) were positive for anti-HBs. DNA-P activity was present in 38.1 % even 10 days after the appearance of icterus. Present findings confirm an ongoing HBV multiplication in about half of the patients of fulminant hepatitis B. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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