Hepatitis B virus genotypes in the United States: Results of a nationwide study

Gastroenterology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 444-451

  Chu, Chi Jen ^a   Keeffe, Emmet B ^b   Han, Steven huy ^c   Perrillo, Robert P ^d   Min, Albert D ^e   Soldevila Pico, Consuelo ^f   Carey, William ^g   Brown Jr , Robert S ^h   Luketic, Velimir A ⁱ   Terrault, Norah ^j   Lok, Anna S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SERUM; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CORE;

EID: 0041903804     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(03)00895-3     Document Type: Article

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