Correlation between hepatitis B genotypes, 1896 precore mutation, virus loads and liver dysfunction in an Indian population

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 142-147

  Vivekanandan, Perumal ^a   Bissett, Sara ^b   Ijaz, Samreen ^b   Chong, Gee Teo ^b   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a   Raghuraman, Sukanya ^a   Daniel, Hubert Darius ^a   Kavitha, Manohar L ^a   Daniel, Dolly ^a   Chandy, George M ^a   Abraham, Priya ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 57349101435     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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