Cell-Mediated Immunity in Patients on Hemodialysis: Relationship with Hepatitis B Carrier Status

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Abstract
We compared cell-mediated immune responses in two groups of patients on hemodialysis. One group of patients were chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV), and the patients of the other group were HBV antigen negative. Our results show that despite the presence of normal numbers of T cells and an increased CD4/CD8 ratio in both groups of patients compared to healthy controls (p

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