Hepatitis B viral factors and clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B.

doi:10.1007/s11373-007-9225-8

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Hepatitis B viral factors and clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B.

Journal of biomedical science - 1 Mar 2008

Lin Chih-Lin, Kao Jia-Horng

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important health problem and the major cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis as well as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. The natural history of chronic HBV infection can be divided into 4 dynamic phases in HBV carriers who acquire the virus early i...

Topics

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
DNA, Viral
Disease Progression
Genotype
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B, Chronic
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver Neoplasms
Mutation
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Virulence Factors

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