title: [Morphological characteristics and pattern of hepatitis B antigen expression in liver tissue in acute and chronic forms of hepatitis (author's transl)].
abstract: Immunofluorescent and electron microscopic methods allow the localization of hepatitis virus B-components at the cytologic and histologic level. The acute and chronic forms of viral hepatitis are re-evaluated in the light of these new findings. In HB-Ag-positive hepatitis four types of correlation between the expression pattern of HG-Ag components and different forms of hepatitis are recognized which are of diagnostic and prognostic relevance (elimination type, immunosuppression type, aggression type, and carrier type). The correlation between antigen expression, persistence of infection and type of inflammation seems to reflect the specific immune state towards the hepatitis B virus.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D000939:Epitopes; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
vernacular_title: Histologische Charakteristika und Nachweis von Hepatitis-B-Antigen-Komponenten im Lebergewebe bei akuter und chronischer Virushepatitis