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Seymour Ribot, MD; Mitchell Rothstein; Melvin Goldblat, MD; Michael Grasso, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1979;139(2):178-180.

Abstract
Follow-up studies were done on 231 hemodialysis patients during a period of from one to 48 months to determine the natural history of hepatitis B surface antigenemia (HB_s Ag). Of those studied, 113 (49%) exhibited HB_s Ag. The probability of remaining HB_s Ag positive over the mean follow-up period of 14.4 months was 62%. All of the 38 patients whose HB_s Ag reverted to negative did so within ten months. Those patients whose HB_s Ag reverted to negative had SGOT levels that were less frequently elevated than the patients with persistent antigenemia. Of hemodialysis patients with HB_s Ag, 60% showed e antigen (HB_e Ag).

(Arch Intern Med 139:178-180, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From Newark (NJ) Beth Israel Medical Center.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 1, 1978.

Reprint requests to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ 07112 (Dr Ribot).

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