Occult hepatitis B infection in egyptian chronic hepatitis C patients: prevalence, impact on pegylated interferon/ribavirin therapy

BACKGROUND: Chronic HCV infection combined with occult hepatitis B infection has been associated with liver enzymes flare, advanced hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis, poor response to standard interferon-α, and increased risk of HCC. This study aimed to elucidate the prevalence of occult hepatitis B in...

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Autores principales: Emara, Mohamed H, El-Gammal, Nahla E, Mohamed, Lamiaa A, Bahgat, Maged M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2998483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21083926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-7-324

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