Concomitant Serum Presence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) and High Titers of Hepatitis B Surface Antibodies (Anti - HBsAb) in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis B (HBV) Genotype D from Black Sea Coast Region: A Case Report
Andra Iulia Suceveanu
1
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,
Laura Mazilu
1
,
Claudia Voinea
1
and
Adrian Paul Suceveanu
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1 Gastroenterology Department of Internal Medicine Clinic, Emergency Hospital of Constanta County, Faculty of Medicine, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania
To Cite:
Iulia Suceveanu
A, Mazilu
L, Voinea
C, Paul Suceveanu
A. Concomitant Serum Presence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) and High Titers of Hepatitis B Surface Antibodies (Anti - HBsAb) in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis B (HBV) Genotype D from Black Sea Coast Region: A Case Report,
Hepat Mon.
2018
; 18(5):e60156.
doi: 10.5812/hepatmon.60156.
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