Prospects for hepatitis B virus eradication and control of hepatocellular carcinoma

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 511-517

  Chang, Mei Hwei ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Cirrhosis of the liver; Hepatitis B surface antigen carrier; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Taiwan; Universal hepatitis B vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

DEMYELINATING DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; REVIEW; TAIWAN; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 0033379779     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.1999.0044     Document Type: Article

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