Prevalence of hepatic granulomas in chronic hepatitis B

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1575-1577

  Tahan, Veysel ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^b   Lacevic, Nadir ^c   Ozden, Ercan ^b   Yemisen, Mucahit ^b   Ozdogan, Osman ^a   Mert, Ali ^b   Tabak, Fehmi ^b   Avsar, Erol ^a   Celikel, Cigdem Ataizi ^a   Ozbay, Gulsen ^b   Kalayci, Cem ^a   Senturk, Hakan ^b   Tozun, Nurdan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

chronic hepatitis B; hepatic granulomas; interferon; liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 5044234703     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000043366.18578.15     Document Type: Article

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