Occult hepatitis B among chronic liver disease patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-606

  Honarkar, Zahra ^a   Alavian, Seyed M ^b   Samiee, Shahram ^c   Saeedfar, Kayvan ^a   Zali, Mohammad R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN; VIRUS DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 19044380449     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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