Natural history of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in children of different ethnic origins: A cohort study with up to 12 years' follow-up in Northern Greece

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-91

  Zacharakis, George ^a,b   Koskinas, John ^b   Kotsiou, Stamatia ^c   Pouliou, Evaggelia ^a   Papoutselis, Menelaos ^a   Tzara, Fevronia ^a   Vafeiadis, Nikolaos ^a   Maltezos, Eustratios ^c   Archimandritis, Athanasios ^b   Papoutselis, Kostantinos ^a  

^a Social Security Institute   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; HBV infection; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHRISTIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRISTIANITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33846079749     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000243438.47334.07     Document Type: Article

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