Global perspective on the natural history of chronic hepatitis B: Role of hepatitis B virus genotypes A to J

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-102

  Liu, Chun Jen ^a,b   Kao, Jia Horng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; genotype; HBsAg level; hepatitis B virus; hepatocellular carcinoma; viral load

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHRONICITY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84878868662     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: 10988971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1345716     Document Type: Review

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