Benign course of long-standing hepatitis B virus infection among Greenland Inuit?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-343

  Krarup, Henrik Bygum ^a   Andersen, Stig ^a,b   Madsen, Poul Henning ^a   Okkels, Henrik ^a   Hvingel, Bodil Helenius ^b   Laurberg, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Queen Ingrid's Hospital   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Genotype B; Greenland; Hepatitis B virus; Inuit; Pre core mutation; Viral load

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GREENLAND; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

AGED; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GREENLAND; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 39049119732     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701712198     Document Type: Article

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