Prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotype B in Vietnamese patients with chronic hepatitis B

Hepatology International

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-467

  Nguyen, Long H ^a,b   Ha, Nghiem B ^b   Vutien, Philip ^b   Ha, Nghi B ^b   Garcia, Ruel T ^c   Trinh, Huy N ^c   Levitt, Brian S ^c   Nguyen, Huy A ^c   Nguyen, Khanh K ^c   Keeffe, Emmet B ^a   Nguyen, Mindie H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pacific Health Foundation   (United States)

^c San Jose Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Epidemiology; HBV

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 68949149747     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-009-9141-2     Document Type: Article

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