Hepatitis B virus genotype: What should the clinician know?

Current Hepatitis Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Liu, Chun Jen ^b   Kao, Jia Horng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EID: 33947422456     PISSN: 15403416     EISSN: 15410706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02942174     Document Type: Review

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