Serum hepatitis B core-related antigen is a satisfactory surrogate marker of intrahepatic covalently closed circular DNA in chronic hepatitis B

Abstract Recently, hepatitis B core-related antigen (HBcrAg) has been suggested as an additional marker of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This study aimed to investigate whether serum quantitative HBcrAg (qHBcrAg) was a satisfactory surrogate marker of intrahepatic covalently closed circular DNA...

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Main Authors: En-Qiang Chen, Shu Feng, Meng-Lan Wang, Ling-Bo Liang, Ling-Yun Zhou, Ling-Yao Du, Li-Bo Yan, Chuan-Min Tao, Hong Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00111-0