Etiology and prognosis of cryptogenic liver cirrhosis: Possible contribution of hepatitis B virus

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-44

  Watanabe, Akiharu ^a   Aiba, Nobuyasu ^a   Harada, Raitaro ^a   Miyabayashi, Chiharu ^a   Entani, Akio ^a   Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishimori, Hiroshi ^a   Kuwabara, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic cirrhosis; Hepatitis B virus; Mutation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030871845     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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