"Hepatitis B e Antigens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A closely related group of antigens found in the plasma only during the infective phase of hepatitis B or in virulent chronic hepatitis B, probably indicating active virus replication; there are three subtypes which may exist in a complex with immunoglobulins G.
| Descriptor ID |
D006513
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.327.495.500.469
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| Concept/Terms |
Hepatitis B e Antigens- Hepatitis B e Antigens
- Hepatitis Be Antigens
- Antigens, Hepatitis Be
- Be Antigens, Hepatitis
- e Antigens
- Antigens, e
- HBeAg
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis B e Antigens" by people in Profiles.
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Lai M, Hyatt BJ, Nasser I, Curry M, Afdhal NH. The clinical significance of persistently normal ALT in chronic hepatitis B infection. J Hepatol. 2007 Dec; 47(6):760-7.
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Koziel MJ, Peters MG. Viral hepatitis in HIV infection. N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 05; 356(14):1445-54.
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Chan HL, Chui AK, Lau WY, Chan FK, Wong ML, Tse CH, Rao AR, Wong J, Sung JJ. Factors associated with viral breakthrough in lamivudine monoprophylaxis of hepatitis B virus recurrence after liver transplantation. J Med Virol. 2002 Oct; 68(2):182-7.
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Koziel MJ. What once was lost, now is found: restoration of hepatitis B-specific immunity after treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Hepatology. 1999 Apr; 29(4):1331-3.
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Nicolaescu T, Boros I, Stoiculescu P, Gheorghe N, Bittman E, Udrescu E, Bordeianu A. [Physiopathology of the chronicity process. The AgHBe-AcHBe antigenic system in chronic hepatitis and therapeutic immunodepression]. Physiologie. 1981 Jan-Mar; 18(1):47-50.