HBV genotypes in India: Do they influence disease severity?

Hepatology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Madan, Kaushal ^a   Batra, Yogesh ^a   Sreenivas, Vishnubhatla ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Chalamalasetty, Sreenivasa Baba ^a   Panda, Subrat K ^b   Acharya, Subrat K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Genotype A; GenotypeD; India; Severity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 59149095921     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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