Increased incidence of fulminant hepatic failure in previously unrecognized HBsAg carriers with acute hepatitis independent of etiology

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-139

  Chu, C M ^a   Liaw, Y F ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS NON A TO E; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21144456583     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-4094-4     Document Type: Article

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