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E Antigen and Anti-E in the Serum of Asymptomatic Carrier Mothers as Indicators of Positive and Negative Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus to Their Infants

List of authors.
  • Kiyshi Okada, M.D.,
  • Ichiro Kamiyama, M.D.,
  • Minako Inomata, B.S.,
  • Mitsunobu Imai, B.S.,
  • Yuzo Miyakawa, M.D.,
  • and Makoto Mayumi, M.D.

Funding and Disclosures

Supported in part by grants from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japanese Ministry of Welfare.

Author Affiliations

From Okubo Municipal Hospital, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, the Immunology Division, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, and the Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (address reprint requests to Dr. Makoto Mayumi at the Immunology Division, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken 329–04, Japan).

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