Natural history of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in adults with emphasis on the occurrence of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Vol. 15 (s2) , E25-E30
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02097.x
Abstract
The natural course of perinatally acquired hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has three phases. In the first ‘immune tolerance phase’, patients are HBeAg positive and have high serum levels of HBV DNA...Keywords
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