Mixed hepatitis B virus genotype infections: The more, the worse? [3]

Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 770-

  Liu, Chun Jen ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33748946083     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21342     Document Type: Letter

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