Hepatitis B virus, a sex hormone-responsive virus

Gastroenterology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 696-699

  Tong, Shuping ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84859393632     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.02.036     Document Type: Editorial

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