Outcome of chronic hepatitis B in Caucasian children during a 20-year observation period

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-190

  Bortolotti, Flavia ^a,d   Jara, Paloma ^c   Crivellaro, Carlo ^b   Hierro, Loreto ^c   Cadrobbi, Paolo ^b   Frauca, Esteban ^c   Camarena, Carmen ^c   De La Vega, Angela ^c   Diaz, Carmen ^b,c   De Moliner, Lorena ^a   Noventa, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d Dipto di Med Clin e Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti HBe positive hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Hepatitis B virus infection; Prognosis of hepatitis B; Reactivation of hepatitis B

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LEVAMISOLE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032146412     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80002-0     Document Type: Article

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