Longitudinal study of hepatitis activity and viral replication before and after HBeAg seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B patients infected with genotypes B and C

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5036-5040

  Yuen, Man Fung ^a   Fung, Scott K ^b   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^c   Kato, Takanobu ^c   Mizokami, Masashi ^c   Yuen, John Chi Hang ^a   Wong, Danny Ka Ho ^a   Yuan, He Jun ^a   Sum, Siu Man ^a   Chan, Annie On On ^a   Wong, Benjamin Chun Yu ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 8644265121     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5036-5040.2004     Document Type: Article

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