Occult hepatitis B virus infection as a cause of cirrhosis of liver in a region with intermediate endemicity. - Concepedia

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Occult hepatitis B virus infection as a cause of cirrhosis of liver in a region with intermediate endemicity.

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2003

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Neeti Agarwal, Sita Naik, Rakesh Aggarwal, Harjeet Singh, Sanjay K Somani, Dinesh Kini, Renu Pandey, Gourdas Choudhuri, Vivek A. Saraswat, S R Naik

Abstract

Serological tests for HBsAg and anti-HBc antibody are insensitive in identifying HBV infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. HBV DNA testing in serum and liver can help in establishing HBV infection as etiology, either alone or in addition to another cause.