Prevalence of hepatitis D virus infection among patients with chronic hepatitis B attending Birjand Hepatitis Clinic (East of Iran) in 2012

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Ziaee, Masood ^a   Azarkar, Ghodsieh ^b  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Delta hepatitis; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84883193976     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.11168     Document Type: Article

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