Serum zinc status in chronic hepatitis B and its relationship to liver histology and treatment results

Pediatrics International

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 396-399

  Selimoǧlu, Mukadder Ayşe ^a,c   Aydoǧdu, Sema ^a   Ünal, Fatih ^a   Yüce, Gül ^b   Yaģci, Raşit Vural ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic hepatitis B; Histopathology; Treatment; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LAMIVUDINE; LIVER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; ZINC;

EID: 0034892595     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2001.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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