Occult hepatitis B infection and its possible impact on chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 220-224

  Habibollahi, Peiman ^b   Safari, Saeid ^b   Daryani, Nasser E ^b   Alavian, Seyed M ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Occult

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349843536     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.56089     Document Type: Review

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