What is the reason of elevated alanine aminotransferase level in HBeAg negative patients with low viremia: NAFLD or chronic hepatitis?

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Demir, Kadir ^a,c   Akyuz, Filiz ^a   Ozdil, Sadakat ^a   Aksoy, Nevzat ^a   Kaymakoglu, Sabahattin ^a   Poturoglu, Sule ^a   Akyüz, Ümit ^b   Besisik, Fatih ^a   Boztas, Gungor ^a   Mungan, Zeynel ^a   Cevikbas, Ugur ^a   Cakaloglu, Yýlmaz ^a   Okten, Atilla ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Internal Medicine

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; SCORING SYSTEM; VIREMIA; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 34249948857     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31938-6     Document Type: Article

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