Endpoints of therapy in chronic hepatitis B

Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Feld, Jordan J ^a   Wong, David K H ^a   Heathcote, E Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS INHIBITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 66149168936     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22977     Document Type: Article

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