High prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and inferior vena cava obstruction among patients with liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma in Nepal

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1921-1928

  Shrestha, Santosh Man ^a   Shrestha, Shobhana ^a   Shrestha, Ananta ^a   Tsuda, Fumio ^b   Endo, Kazunori ^c   Takahashi, Masaharu ^c   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^c  

^a Liver Foundation Nepal   (Nepal)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Budd Chiari syndrome; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

EID: 34948837254     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04611.x     Document Type: Article

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