Hepatitis B Virus Immunotolerant Patients: Need to Differentiate Patients With or Without Liver Disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 742-743

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Sarin, Shiv K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67650957714     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.058     Document Type: Letter

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