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Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Disease Revisit and Management Recommendations.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2016
Yuen Man-Fung, Ahn Sang Hoon, Chen Ding-Shinn, Chen Pei-Jer, Dusheiko Geoffrey M, Hou Jin-Lin, Maddrey Willis C, Mizokami Masashi, Seto Wai-Kay, Zoulim Fabien, Lai Ching-Lung
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection evolves from immune-tolerance phase, through immune clearance phase to a quiescent phase or reactivation as hepatitis B e antigen-negative hepatitis. Persistent infection may result in the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Host factors including gender, age, family history, HLA-DP, and viral factors including HBV DNA, genotypes, precore...
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