Evolving clinical landscape of chronic hepatitis B: A multicenter Italian study

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1999-2006

  Stroffolini, Tommaso ^a   Almasio, Piero L ^b   Sagnelli, Evangelista ^c   Mele, Alfonso ^d   Gaeta, Giovanni Battista ^c   Andreone, Pietro ^e   Scuteri, Alessandra ^e   Antonucci, Giorgio ^f   Iacomi, Fabio ^f   Babudieri, Sergio ^g   Pintus, Antonio ^g   Stornaiuolo, Gianfranca ^c   Brancaccio, Giuseppina ^c   Brunetto, Maurizia ^h   Sasso, Rodolfo ^h   Caporaso, Nicola ⁱ   Morisco, Filomena ⁱ   Chiaramonte, Maria ^j   Lattanzi, Emiliano ^j   Di Marco, Vito ^b   Venezia, Giovanna ^b   Fagiuoli, Stefano ^k   Boninsegna, Sara ^k   Fattovich, Giovanna ^l   Olivari, Nicola ^l   Ferrari, Carlo ^m   Giuberti, Tiziana ^m   Ferrigno, Luigina ^d   Magnani, Giacomo ⁿ   Massari, Marco ⁿ   Mangano, Carmelo ^o   Caserta, Carmelo ^o   Messina, Vincenzo ^p   Pastore, Giuseppe ^q   Palattella, Stefania ^q   Piccinino, Felice ^c   Stanzione, Maria ^c   Pinzello, Giovanbattista ^r   Vinci, Maria ^r   Raimondo, Giovanni ^s   Caccamo, Gaia ^s   Roffi, Luigi ^t   Bellia, Valentina ^t   Rizzetto, Mario ^u   Smedile, Antonina ^u   Ciancio, Alessia ^u   more..

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^h Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^k Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^m Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

ⁿ Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

^o Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^p Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^r Hepatology and Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^t Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; HBeAg; HDV; Hepatitis B

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 70350616604     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21643     Document Type: Article

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