Clinical and virological course of chronic hepatitis B virus infection with hepatitis C and D virus markers

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-359

  Liaw, Yun Fan ^a   Tsai, Sun Lung ^a   Sheen, I Shyan ^a   Chao, Mei ^a   Yeh, Chau Ting ^a   Hsieh, Sen Yung ^a   Chu, Chia Ming ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032034043     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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