The purposes of this study were (a) to describe the clinical and biochemical manifestations associated with spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus as defined by the reappearance of hepatitis B virus DNA in serum using dot-blot hybridization and (b) to determine whether the clinical and bioche
Management of hepatitis B reactivation in patients with lupus nephritis
β Scribed by Kai-Chung Tse; Susan Yung; Colin Tang; Terence Pok-Siu Yip; Tak Mao Chan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 277 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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