Hepatitis B viral loads in southern African blacks with hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1525-1530

  Viana, Raquel ^a   Wang, Renwei ^b   Yu, Mimi C ^b   Welschinger, Robert ^a,c   Chen, Chien Yu ^a   Kew, Michael C ^a,d,e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic viral carriers; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Southern African blacks; Viral loads

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 68949156465     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21574     Document Type: Article

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