Serum hepatitis B virus DNA levels differentiating inactive carriers from patients with chronic hepatitis B

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 753-757

  Seo, Yasushi ^a   Yoon, Seitetsu ^a   Truong, Bui Xuan ^a   Kato, Hirotaka ^a   Hamano, Kenichi ^a   Kato, Miyuki ^a   Yano, Yoshihiko ^a   Katayama, Megumi ^a   Ninomiya, Toshiaki ^a   Hayashi, Yoshitake ^a   Kasuga, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; HBV DNA levels; Inactive carrier; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21244448800     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000170926.83850.dd     Document Type: Article

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