Clinicopathologic features of dual chronic hepatitis B and C infection: A comparison with single hepatitis B, C and delta infections

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Senturk, Hakan ^a   Tahan, Veysel ^b   Canbakan, Billur ^a   Dane, Faysal ^b   Ulger, Yakup ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Mert, Ali ^a   Ozbay, Gulsen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B and C; Hepatitis delta virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 41549160699     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31887-3     Document Type: Article

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