Evaluation of liver tissue by polymerase chain reaction for hepatitis B virus in patients with negative viremia

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 6853-6857

  Thakeb, Fouad ^a   El Serafy, Magdy ^a   Zakaria, Soheir ^a   Monir, Bahaa ^a   Lashin, Sahar ^a   Marzaban, Raghda ^a   El Awady, Mostafa ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Chronic hepatitis; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B in situ

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

EID: 30744457590     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6853     Document Type: Article

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