Different natural courses of chronic hepatitis B with genotypes B and C after the fourth decade of life

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 4560-4565

  Maeshiro, Tatsuji ^a   Arakaki, Shingo ^a   Watanabe, Takako ^a   Aoyama, Hajime ^a   Shiroma, Joji ^a   Yamashiro, Tsuyoshi ^b   Hirata, Tetsuo ^a   Hokama, Akira ^a   Kinjo, Fukunori ^b   Nakayoshi, Tomofumi ^c   Nakayoshi, Tomokuni ^d   Mizokami, Masashi ^e   Fujita, Jiro ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Tomishiro Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Heart Life Hospital   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Hepatitis B e antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B, chronic; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34648831642     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i34.4560     Document Type: Article

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