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. 1979 Apr;24(4):286-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01296542.

Lack of supportive evidence for an autosomal recessive inheritance in chronic hepatitis B infections

M J Tong, J M Weiner

Lack of supportive evidence for an autosomal recessive inheritance in chronic hepatitis B infections

M J Tong et al. Dig Dis Sci. 1979 Apr.

Abstract

Two families with persistent hepatitis B infections are described. The patterns of HBsAG positivity in the parents and offspring are not compatible with the theory that susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B infection is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.

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