HBsAg Seroclearance in Asian Patients: Too High and Too Bad in Hong Kong

Gastroenterology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1459-1460

  Chu, Chia Ming ^a   Liaw, Yun Fan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ASIAN; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 62949230084     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.11.065     Document Type: Letter

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