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Development of hepatocellular carcinoma from various phases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Suzuki Takanori, Matsuura Kentaro, Nagura Yoshihito, Iio Etsuko, Ogawa Shintaro, Fujiwara Kei, Nojiri Shunsuke, Kataoka Hiromi, Tanaka Yasuhito
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: There is insufficient data on the clinical course of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients in the immune-tolerant (IT) and immune-clearance, inactive (IC) phases over a long follow-up period. DESIGN: We enrolled 466 CHB patients from our historical cohort, including 56 IT+MA (mildly active), 134 IC, 230 with chronic active hepatitis (CH) and 46 with liver cirrhosis (LC), who were categorized to...
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