Article
Hepatitis B viral factors and clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B.
Journal of biomedical science - 1 Mar 2008
Lin Chih-Lin, Kao Jia-Horng
Abstract excerpt
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 in life. In general, the frequency and severity of hepatitis flares in the immune clearance or reactivation phase...
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