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Children with Chronic Hepatitis B in the United States and Canada.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2015
Schwarz Kathleen B, Cloonan Yona Keich, Ling Simon C, Murray Karen F, Rodriguez-Baez Norberto, Schwarzenberg Sarah Jane, Teckman Jeffrey, Ganova-Raeva Lilia, Rosenthal Philip
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that children with chronic hepatitis B living in the US and Canada would have international origins and characteristic hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and laboratory profiles. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical characteristics of children enrolled in the Hepatitis B Research Network were collected from 7 US and Canadian centers. RESULTS: Children (n = 343) with an age range of 1.0-17.8...
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