Hepatitis B e Antigen and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Yang, Hwai‐I; Lu, Sheng‐Nan; Liaw, Yun‐Fan; You, San‐Lin; Sun, Chien‐An; Wang, Li‐Yu; Kate Hsiao, Chuhsing; Chen, Pei‐Jer; Chen, Ding‐Shinn; Chen, Chien‐Jen

doi:10.1056/nejmoa013215

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Hepatitis B e Antigen and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 18, 2002

Authors:

Hwai‐I Yang

Sheng‐Nan Lu

Yun‐Fan Liaw

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The presence of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) in serum indicates active viral replication in hepatocytes. HBeAg is thus a surrogate marker for the presence of hepatitis B virus DNA. We conducted a prospective study to determine the relation between positivity for hepatitis B surface anti...

Subject

HBeAg

Hepatocellular carcinoma

HBsAg

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