Prognostic analysis in chronic hepatitis B patients: A retrospective study of 216 cases about Scheuer scores, in situ expression of viral antigens and tissue hepatitis B virus DNA levels

Liver International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-89

  Zhu, Rong ^a   Huang, Hai ^a   Zhang, Huiping ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a   Hu, Xiqi ^a   Zhai, Weirong ^a   Lin, Yuqin ^a   Wang, Jiyao ^a   Zhu, Hongguang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Immunochemistry; Prognosis; Quantification

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33645963764     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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