Nuclear HBcAg and histology activity index as independent predictors of the expression of singly spliced HBV-RNA

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Sheen, I S ^a   Tsou, Y K ^a   Lin, S M ^a   Lin, C J ^a   Lin, C C ^a   Hsu, C W ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Chang, M L ^a   Yeh, C T ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Core antigen; Hepatitis B; Histology activity index; Singly spliced

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS MUTATION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33845757137     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2006.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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