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Follow-up of these patients showed (a) a high incidence of acute hepatitis B, which was mainly subclinical; (b) normal hepatitis B surface antigen clearance and normal antibody to hepatitis B surface development; and (c) a high frequency of increased transaminase values for over six months. In all the subjects with persistently high transaminase, histological examination revealed chronic persistent hepatitis or chronic active hepatitis. 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