Genotyping of hepatitis B virus in a cohort of patients evaluated in a hospital of Porto Alegre, South Of Brazil

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-17

  Becker, Carlos Eduardo ^a   De Mattos, Angelo Alves ^a   Bogo, Maurício Reis ^b   Branco, Fernanda ^a   Sitnik, Roberta ^c   Kretzmann, Nelson Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis B virus, genetics; Hepatitis B, virology

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953176307     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032010000100003     Document Type: Article

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