Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 658-664 , May 2010

Quantitative longitudinal evaluations of hepatitis delta virus RNA and hepatitis B virus DNA shows a dynamic, complex replicative profile in chronic hepatitis B and D

  • Melanie Schaper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Paseo Valle Hebrón s/n, Barcelona 08035, Spain
    • ,
  • Francisco Rodriguez-Frias

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Paseo Valle Hebrón s/n, Barcelona 08035, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +34 93 2746831.
    • ,
  • Rosendo Jardi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Paseo Valle Hebrón s/n, Barcelona 08035, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • David Tabernero

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Maria Homs

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Gerardo Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Paseo Valle Hebrón s/n, Barcelona 08035, Spain
    • ,
  • Josep Quer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Rafael Esteban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Maria Buti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain

Received 3 July 2009 ,Revised 22 September 2009 ,Accepted 13 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.10.036

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 658-664 , May 2010

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