The role of HBV DNA and liver histopathology in HBsAg carriers

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1196-1199

  Agalar, Canan ^a,c   Diri, Cihat ^a   Usubütün, Seda ^a   Agalar, Fatih ^b   Türkyïlmaz, Rüchan ^a  

^a Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

HbsAG carriers; HBV DNA; Liver histopathology

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0030848929     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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