Occult hepatitis B virus infection as a cause of cirrhosis of liver in a region with intermediate endemicity

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 127-131

  Agarwal, Neeti ^a   Naik, Sita ^a   Aggarwal, Rakesh ^a   Singh, Harjeet ^a   Somani, Sanjay K ^a   Kini, Dinesh ^a   Pandey, R ^a   Choudhuri, Gourdas ^a   Saraswat, Vivek A ^a   Naik, Subhash R ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic cirrhosis; HBV DNA; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0042733356     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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