Immune Cell Subsets Evaluation as a Predictive Tool for Hepatitis B Infection Outcome and Treatment Responsiveness

Kandilarova Snezhina M.; Georgieva Atanaska I.; Mihaylova Anastasiya P.; Baleva Marta P.; Atanasova Valentina K.; Petrova Diana V.; Popov Georgi T.; Naumova Elissaveta J.

doi:10.1515/folmed-2017-0008

Folia Medica (Mar 2017)

Immune Cell Subsets Evaluation as a Predictive Tool for Hepatitis B Infection Outcome and Treatment Responsiveness

Kandilarova Snezhina M.,
Georgieva Atanaska I.,
Mihaylova Anastasiya P.,
Baleva Marta P.,
Atanasova Valentina K.,
Petrova Diana V.,
Popov Georgi T.,
Naumova Elissaveta J.

Affiliations

Kandilarova Snezhina M.: Department of Clinical Immunology and Stem Cell Bank, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, 1 G. Sofiisky St. 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
Georgieva Atanaska I.: Department of Clinical Immunology and Stem Cell Bank, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, 1 G. Sofiisky St. 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
Mihaylova Anastasiya P.: Department of Clinical Immunology and Stem Cell Bank, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, 1 G. Sofiisky St. 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
Baleva Marta P.: Department of Clinical Immunology and Stem Cell Bank, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Atanasova Valentina K.: Department of Clinical Immunology and Stem Cell Bank, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, 1 G. Sofiisky St. 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
Petrova Diana V.: Clinic of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Popov Georgi T.: Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Naumova Elissaveta J.: Department of Clinical Immunology and Stem Cell Bank, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, 1 G. Sofi isky St. 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/folmed-2017-0008
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 59, no. 1
pp. 53 – 62

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Background: The patient’s immune response is one of the major factors influencing HBV eradication or chronification, and it is thought to be responsible for the treatment success.

Published in Folia Medica

ISSN: 0204-8043 (Print); 1314-2143 (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://foliamedica.bg

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