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. 1982 Feb;58(676):80–81. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.676.80

The clinical course of acute type A hepatitis in chronic HBsAg carriers—a report of 3 cases

L A Viola, J C Coleman, I G Barrison, I M Murray-Lyon
PMCID: PMC2426311  PMID: 7100029

Abstract

The clinical, virological, and biochemical course of 3 chronic HBsAg carriers who developed acute hepatitis A is described. Two of the patients had pre-existent chronic active hepatitis. The clinical course in each case was benign with resolution within one month, and there was a marked fall in HBsAg titre in one of the patients with chronic active hepatitis.

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