Effect of menarche onset on the clinical course in females with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 534-538

  Wu, Jia Feng ^a   Tsai, Wen Yu ^a   Tung, Yi Ching ^a   Chen, Huey Ling ^a   Ni, Yen Hsuan ^a   Hsu, Hong Yuan ^a   Chang, Mei Hwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE C; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MENARCHE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906794278     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.05.049     Document Type: Article

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