Occult hepatitis B virus related decompensated cirrhosis of liver in young males: First report of two cases from Bangladesh

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-150

  Al Mahtab, Mamun ^a   Rahman, Salimur ^a   Khan, Mobin ^a  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Decompensated cirrhosis; Hepatitis B virus; Occult infection

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BANGLADESH; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 46649083628     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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