Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 483-490 , August 2010

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Serum Levels Help to Distinguish Active From Inactive Hepatitis B Virus Genotype D Carriers

  • Maurizia Rossana Brunetto

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Maurizia Rossana Brunetto, MD, Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Cisanello, Pisa, Italy. fax: (39) 0509 95457
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  • Filippo Oliveri

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Piero Colombatto

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Francesco Moriconi

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Pietro Ciccorossi

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Barbara Coco

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Veronica Romagnoli

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Beatrice Cherubini

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Giovanna Moscato

      Affiliations

    • Central Laboratory, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Anna Maria Maina

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Daniela Cavallone

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Ferruccio Bonino

      Affiliations

    • Chair of Gastroenterology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Received 26 August 2009 ,Accepted 29 April 2010.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following: Maurizia Rossana Brunetto was an invited speaker at meetings sponsored by Abbott. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by an educational grant of the Italian Ministry of Health (“Viral hepatitis emergency: surveillance and management of antiviral resistance to therapy”- n.85 2006); supply of reagents for the laboratory activity; part-time fellowship for a biologist.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00660-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.04.052

Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 483-490 , August 2010

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