Are alanine aminotransferase, hepatitis B virus DNA or IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen serum levels predictors of histological grading in chronic hepatitis B?

Liver

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-87

  Zavaglia, Claudio ^a   Mondazzi, Luca ^a   Maggi, Giovanni ^b   Iamoni, Gianmaria ^a   Gelosa, Franco ^a   Bellati, Giorgio ^a   Colloredo, Guido ^c   Bottelli, Riccardo ^a   Ideo, Gaetano ^a,d  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale FBF   (Italy)

^c BOLOGNINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase; Chronic hepatitis B; HBV; HBV DNA; Histopathology; IgM anti HBc

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030990610     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1997.tb00785.x     Document Type: Article

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