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Hepatitis B genotypes: relation to clinical outcome in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Saudi Arabia.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Nov 2006
Abdo Ayman A, Al-Jarallah Badr M, Sanai Faisal M, Hersi Ahmad S, Al-Swat Khalid, Azzam Nahla A, Al-Dukhayil Manal, Al-Maarik Amira, Al-Faleh Faleh Z
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AIM: To identify the most common hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype in Saudi Arabia, and correlate the prevailing genotypes with the clinical outcome of patients. METHODS: Patients were consecutively recruited from the hepatology clinics of two tertiary care referral centers. Patients were categorized into 4 different groups: group 1, patients with hepatitis B and normal liver enzymes; group 2, patients with...
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