Quantitative hepatitis B e antigen: a better predictor of hepatitis B virus DNA than quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen

• Main Authors: Hudu, Shuaibu A., Mohd Taib, Niazlin, Amin Nordin, Syafinaz, Saeed, Mohammed I., Tan, Soek S., Omar, Haniza, Shahar, Hamiza, Sekawi, Zamberi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Clinical Laboratory Publications 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73697/1/Quantitative%20hepatitis%20B%20e%20antigen%20a%20better%20predictor%20of%20hepatitis%20B%20virus%20DNA%20than%20quantitative%20hepatitis%20B%20surface%20antigen.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73697/

Background: Hepatitis B surface antigen is usually secreted by infected hepatocytes in the form of subviral particles rather than infectious virions, while the hepatitis B e antigen originates from the core gene and is modified and secreted by hepatocytes into the circulation and functions as a mark...