Natural history of chronic hepatitis B in Euro-Mediterranean and African Countries

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Hadziyannis, Stephanos J ^a  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79958796264     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 01688278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.030     Document Type: Review

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