Journal of Hepatology
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 17-24 , July 2008

What can be revealed by extending the sensitivity of HBsAg detection to below the present limit?

  • Hitoshi Togashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Course of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University Health Administration Center, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 23 628 4151; fax: +81 23 628 4157.
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  • Chika Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Course of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University Health Administration Center, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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  • Junji Yokozawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Course of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University Health Administration Center, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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  • Akihiko Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Course of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University Health Administration Center, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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  • Kazuhiko Sugahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Course of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University Health Administration Center, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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  • Takafumi Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Course of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University Health Administration Center, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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  • Ichiro Yamaguchi

      Affiliations

    • Murayama Public Health Center, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
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  • Hala Badawi

      Affiliations

    • Medical Microbiology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
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  • Norikazu Kainuma

      Affiliations

    • Tohoku Seiki Industries, Ltd., Yamagata, Japan
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  • Masaaki Aoyama

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Life Support Technology, Yamagata Public Corporation for Development of Industry, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Ohya

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Life Support Technology, Yamagata Public Corporation for Development of Industry, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Takao Akatsuka

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Life Support Technology, Yamagata Public Corporation for Development of Industry, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Yasuhito Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Molecular Informative Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Masashi Mizokami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Molecular Informative Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Sumio Kawata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Course of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University Health Administration Center, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan

Received 10 August 2007 ,Revised 6 March 2008 ,Accepted 21 March 2008.

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☆ The authors who have taken part in the research of this paper declared that they do not have a relationship with the manufacturers of the materials involved either in the past or present and they did not receive funding from the manufacturers to carry out their research. Dr. Kainuma is an employee of Tohoku Seiki Industries, Ltd., Yamagata, Japan.

PII: S0168-8278(08)00237-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.03.019

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 17-24 , July 2008

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