Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Germany - Results of a nationwide cross-sectional study;Epidemiologie und Klinik von Patienten mit chronischer Hepatitis B (CHB) in Deutschland - Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Querschnittstudie

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-29

  Fischer, C ^a   Mauss, S ^b   Zehnter, E ^c   Bokemeyer, B ^d,g   Heyne, R ^e   Huppe D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Gastroenterologisch Hepatologische Schwerpunktpraxis   (Germany)

^c Gastroenterologisch Hepatologische Schwerpunktpraxis   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

^e Gastroenterologisch Hepatologische Schwerpunktpraxis   (Germany)

^f Gastroenterologisch Hepatologische Schwerpunktpraxis   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross sectional study; epidemiology; health care research; hepatitis B; liver; viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84855500429     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: 14397803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281628     Document Type: Article

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