How can we make decision for patients with chronic hepatitis B according to hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA level?

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Keshvari, Maryam ^a,b   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b,c   Sharafi, Heidar ^b,c  

^a HIGH INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Iran)

^b Middle East Liver Diseases Center (MELD Centers)   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Liver Cirrhosis; Viral Load

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B (E) ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84895505277     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.15285     Document Type: Article

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