HEPATITIS-B VIRUS-DNA IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LIVER-DISEASE AND NEGATIVE TESTS FOR HEPATITIS-B SURFACE-ANTIGEN
HEPATITIS-B VIRUS-DNA IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LIVER-DISEASE AND NEGATIVE TESTS FOR HEPATITIS-B SURFACE-ANTIGEN
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198501313120503
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
BERTHELOT, P
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作者:
BRECHOT, C;DEGOS, F;BERTHELOT, P
The presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in liver or serum samples from 134 patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative chronic liver disease, including 20 with hepatocellular carcinoma. HBV DNA sequences were detected in 52 of the 88 liver samples (59%), including 17 of the 20 samples from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Presumably replicative forms of HBV DNA were detected in only 5 of the 88 liver samples, 3 of which were from patients with no serologic marker for HBV. In most of the liver samples the DNA patterns were consistent with the presence of HBV or a closely related virus. Of the 105 serum samples tested, HBV DNA sequences were identified in 10 (9.5%), 6 of which had no HBV serologic marker. HBsAg-associated determinants were detected in 5 of 17 patients who were positive for HBV DNA and in none of 14 patients who were negative. The high frequency of HBsAg-negative HBV DNA-positive viral infection of the liver was demonstrated; and multiplication of HBV may occur in the absence of any conventional serologic marker for HBV.