Natural history of chronic viral hepatitis in childhood

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 198-201

  Bortolotti, F ^a,b   Faggion, S ^a   Con, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Clinica Medica 3   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; HBV; HCV; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis Delta; Hepatitis G virus

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031842237     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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