Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg): A 40-year-old hepatitis B virus seromarker gets new life

Gastroenterology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 380-382

  McMahon, Brian J ^a  

^a ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEROLOGY; TIME; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARRIER STATE; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 77955506939     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.06.026     Document Type: Editorial

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