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Autoantibodies Present in Chronic Hepatitis C and Chronic Hepatitis B Viral Infections

table  2.   Incidence of Antibodies to Undefined Peptides Among HCV and HBV Patients
Peptide (kd) HCV Patients (%) (n = 24) HBV Patients (%) (n = 24) Controls (%) (n = 40)
180 0  0  1 (3%)
p160 1 (4) 1 (4%) 0
p155 0  0  1 (3%)
p150 4 (17) 7 (29) 0
p145 9 (38) 7 (29) 1 (3%)
p140 3 (13) 1 (4) 1 (3%)
p135 8 (33) 11 (46) 0
p130 0  0  3 (9%)
p125 11 (46) 12 (50) 0
p120 1 (4) 2 (8) 1 (3%)
p115 8 (33) 14 (58) 0
p110 2 (8) 7 (29) 2 (6%)
p108 4 (17) 7 (29) 0
p100 18 (75) 15 (63) 1 (3%)
p95 7 (29) 14 (58) 2 (6%)
p72 1 (4) 1 (4) 0
p64 14 (58) 16 (67) 0
p56 13 (54) 10 (42) 0
p48 13 (54) 9 (38) 0
p45 8 (33) 8 (33) 0
p30 7 (29) 18 (75) 0

Abbreviations: HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus.

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