Differentiating acute hepatitis B from the first episode of symptomatic exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 594-599

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^a   Sharma, Barjesh Chander ^a   Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis; Exacerbation of hepatitis B; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B; IgM anti HBc

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; DNA; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTHROMBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33645851013     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3175-2     Document Type: Article

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