Influence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) genotype on the clinical course of disease in patients coinfected with HBV and hepatitis delta virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1608-1611

  Kiesslich, Dagmar ^a,b,d   Crispim, Myuki Alfaia ^a   Santos, Carlos ^c   De Lima Ferreira, Fernando ^b   Fraiji, Nelson Abrahim ^a,b   Komninakis, Shirley Vasconcelos ^c   Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie ^c  

^a Laboratory of Research   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Hemocentro do Amazonas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BILIRUBIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 67650691792     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598955     Document Type: Article

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