Hepatitis B Virus Inactive Carriers: Which Follow-up Strategy?
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Hepatitis B Virus Inactive Carriers: Which Follow-up Strategy?
INTRODUCTION The natural history of patients with inactive hepatitis B virus (HBV) is still unclear, persisting doubts about the optimal management of these patients. AIM To evaluate the long-term outcome in a cohort of hepatitis B inactive carriers. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study in a cohort of 100 HBV inactive carriers (categorized after quarterly determinations of serum ALT a...
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عنوان ژورنال: GE Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2341-4545
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpge.2015.01.009