Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B virus infection confers a favorable prognosis, but untoward outcomes may develop in some patients. The impact of the age of HBeAg seroconversion on prognosis is not clearly known. HBeAg-positive patients with biopsy-proven chronic h
Predictive Factors for Reactivation of Hepatitis B Following Hepatitis B e Antigen Seroconversion in Chronic Hepatitis B
✍ Scribed by Chia–Ming Chu; Yun–Fan Liaw
- Book ID
- 119760020
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 521 KB
- Volume
- 133
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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