Impact of comorbidities on the severity of chronic hepatitis B at presentation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1616-1621

  Sagnelli, Evangelista ^a   Stroffolini, Tommaso ^b   Mele, Alfonso ^c   Imparato, Michele ^a   Sagnelli, Caterina ^a   Coppola, Nicola ^a   Almasio, Piero Luigi ^d  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Chronic hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus hepatitis C virus dual infection; Hepatitis B virus hepatitis D virus dual infection

Indexed keywords

DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84860014025     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i14.1616     Document Type: Article

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