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Interferon-Induced Anti-HBE Seroconversion Correlates with a Th1 Cytokine Shift Following Emergence of Core Promoter Mutations in Chronic Hepatitis B

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  1. Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Second University of Naples, Via Cotugno, 1 (c/o Opsedale Gesù e Maria), 80135, Napoli, Italy

    Rosa Zampino MD, PhD, Emanuele Durante Mangoni, Aldo Marrone, Giuseppe Ruggiero & Luigi Elio Adinolfi

  2. Chair of Internal Medicine, Second University of Naples, Via Cotugno, 1 (c/o Opsedale Gesù e Maria), 80135, Napoli, Italy

    Emanuele Durante Mangoni & Riccardo Utili

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Zampino, R., Mangoni, E.D., Marrone, A. et al. Interferon-Induced Anti-HBE Seroconversion Correlates with a Th1 Cytokine Shift Following Emergence of Core Promoter Mutations in Chronic Hepatitis B. Dig Dis Sci 50, 1791–1792 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-2939-4

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