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Induction of Drug-Induced, Autoimmune Hepatitis in BALB/c Mice for the Study of Its Pathogenic Mechanisms
Published on: May 29, 2020
[Immunogenetic indicators in protracted hepatitis and their dynamics during the treatment with T-activin]
Abstract:
The authors analyze the course of acute virus hepatitis B in 11 children. Provide results of the treatment with T-activin of K cells in vitro and the clinico-immunologic data on 26 patients afflicted with lingering hepatitis B before and after the treatment with T-activin. Show the hereditary predisposition to an unfavourable course of virus hepatitis B.
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