Horizontal transmission of hepatitis B virus in children with chronic hepatitis B

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-420

  Doganci, Tumay ^a   Uysal, Gulnar ^a   Kir, Tayfun ^b   Bakirtas, Arzu ^c   Kuyucu, Necdet ^c   Doganci, Levent ^b  

^a SSK Ankara Diskapi Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Horizontal transmission

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 12344298286     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i3.418     Document Type: Article

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