Hepatitis B virus genotypes in southeast Brazil and its relationship with histological features

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 785-789

  Nabuco, Leticia Cancella ^a   Mello, Francisco Campello do Amaral ^b   Gomes, Selma de Andrade ^b   Perez, Renata Mello ^a   Soares, Jorge André Segadas ^a   Coelho, Henrique Sérgio Moraes ^a   Nogueira, Cristiane Alves Villela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ALT; HBeAg; HBV genotypes; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B; Liver histology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84867017453     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762012000600013     Document Type: Article

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