[Serial biopsies in healthy carriers of hepatitis Bs antigen (author's transl)].
Serial biopsies were taken over four to five years from 15 healthy hepatitis-Bs antigen-positive persons with normal biochemical findings ("healthy carriers"). The antigen persisted throughout, but the histological picture did not worsen in any way: there was certainly no sign of chronic progressive liver disease.
D001706:Biopsy; D001782:Blood Donors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
Leberbioptische Langzeituntersuchungen bei klinisch Gesunden mit Hepatitis-Bs-Antigen