Histological changes in chinese chronic hepatitis B patients with alt lower than two times upper limits of normal

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 432-437

  Chen, En Qiang ^a   Huang, Fei Jun ^b   He, Ling Li ^a   Bai, Lang ^a   Wang, Li Chun ^a   Zhou, Tao You ^a   Lei, Xue Zhong ^a   Liu, Cong ^a   Tang, Hong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ALT; Fibrosis; Hepatitis B virus; Inflammation; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOPSY; CHINA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76849084491     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0724-5     Document Type: Article

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