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Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa
The main objectives of this study were to define the occurrence and levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in asymptomatic HBV carriers, cirrhosis patients and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases from The Gambia, and to evaluate the risk for cirrhosis or HCC associated with HBV viremia. We used sens...
Autores principales: | Mendy, M E, Welzel, T, Lesi, O A, Hainaut, P, Hall, A J, Kuniholm, M H, McConkey, S, Goedert, J J, Kaye, S, Rowland-Jones, S, Whittle, H, Kirk, G D |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19874478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01168.x |
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