Chronic viral hepatitis in childhood

Bailliere's Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-206

  Bortolotti, Flavia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; INTERFERON;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029742037     PISSN: 09503528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3528(96)90002-0     Document Type: Article

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