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SUBMITTER: Yun Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407135 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yun Yeojun Y Chang Yoosoo Y Kim Han-Na HN Ryu Seungho S Kwon Min-Jung MJ Cho Yong Kyun YK Kim Hyung-Lae HL Cheong Hae Suk HS Joo Eun-Jeong EJ
Journal of clinical medicine 20190202 2
The changes in the gut microbiota of healthy hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers, including asymptomatic and non-cirrhotic subjects, have been rarely scrutinized. From 1463 faecal samples in health examinees, in total 112 subjects, including 36 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive and 76 control subjects, were included. Twenty-eight of 36 HBsAg-positive individuals (78%) showed normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (normal ALT group), whereas eight subjects exhibited elevated ALT lev ...[more]