HBV/A and HBV/C genotype predominance among patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Cebu City, Philippines

Hepatology International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 774-781

  Batoctoy, Karen S ^a   Tseng, Tai Chung ^b   Kao, Jia Horng ^c,d   Quiza, Fidelis E ^e   Garcia Sr , Lamberto H ^a   Lao Tan, Judy ^a  

^a Cebu Doctors' University Hospital   (Philippines)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Hepatitis Research Center   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Cebu Institute of Medicine   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEX; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 80055020555     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-011-9263-1     Document Type: Article

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