Clinical outcomes of delayed clearance of serum HBsAg in patients with chronic HBV infection

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Nam, Soon Woo ^a   Jung, Jeong Jo ^a   Bae, Si Hyun ^a   Choi, Jong Young ^a   Yoon, Seung Kew ^a   Cho, Se Hyun ^a   Han, Joon Yeol ^a   Han, Nam Ik ^a   Yang, Jin Mo ^a   Lee, Young Suk ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Seroclearance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748911260     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2007.22.2.73     Document Type: Article

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