title: Hepatitis B core antigen in hepatocytes of patients with chronic active hepatitis.
abstract: Hepatitis B core antigen was demonstrated in the hepatocytes of 28 of 40 patients with chronic active hepatitis in whose sera hepatitis B surface antigen was not detectable by radioimmunoassay. This finding suggests that in these patients, despite hepatitis B surface antigen being undetectable in serum, the liver disease is the consequence of chronic infection with hepatitis B virus.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology*; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens