Children with Chronic Hepatitis B in the United States and Canada

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1287-1294.e2

  Schwarz, Kathleen B ^a   Cloonan, Yona Keich ^b   Ling, Simon C ^c   Murray, Karen F ^d   Rodriguez Baez, Norberto ^e,j   Schwarzenberg, Sarah Jane ^f,j   Teckman, Jeffrey ^g   Ganova Raeva, Lilia ^h   Rosenthal, Philip ^i,j   Schwarz, Kathleen ^j   Murray, Karen ^j   Belle, Steven ^j   Janssen, Harry ^j   Ling, Simon ^j   Terrault, Norah ^j   Roberts, Lewis R ^j   Di Bisceglie, Adrian ^j   Teckman, Jeffery ^j   Ganova Raeva, Lilia Milkova ^j   Li, Hongxia ^j   Mogul, Douglas ^j   Anders, Robert ^j   Kafka, Kim ^j   Riggs, Shannon M ^j   Nagy, Rosemary ^j   Cerkoski, Jacki ^j   Yuan, Caitlin ^j   Swan, Rosemary ^j   O'Connor, Constance ^j   Rodgers Augustyniak, Laurie A ^j   Montanye, Shirley ^j   Fleck, Shannon ^j   Langlois, Camille ^j   Cooper, Kara L ^j   Danielson, Michelle ^j   Haller, Tamara ^j   Johnson, Geoffrey ^j   Kelley, Stephanie ^j   Lawlor, Sharon ^j   Li, Ruosha ^j   Lombardero, Manuel ^j   MacGregor, Joan M ^j   Pelesko, Andrew ^j   Stoliker, Donna ^j   Walters, Barbara ^j   Zadorozny, Ella ^j   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027926289     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.08.021     Document Type: Article

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