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Different natural courses of chronic hepatitis B with genotypes B and C after the fourth decade of life.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Sept 2007
Maeshiro Tatsuji, Arakaki Shingo, Watanabe Takako, Aoyama Hajime, Shiroma Joji, Yamashiro Tsuyoshi, Hirata Tetsuo, Hokama Akira, Kinjo Fukunori, Nakayoshi Tomofumi, Nakayoshi Tomokuni, Mizokami Masashi, Fujita Jiro, Sakugawa Hiroshi
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AIM: To investigate the different impact of genotypes B and C on the development of liver cirrhosis (LC) among different age groups of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CH-B). METHODS: We examined the outcome of 121 patients with CH-B, divided by age and genotype. Univariate analyses were used to compare different groups. The Cox proportional hazard model was employed to evaluate factors affecting the...
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