Mortality after Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Linkage Study Involving 2 Million Parous Women from Taiwan
Author(s) -
Chyng Wen Fwu,
Yen-Wei Chien,
Kenrad E. Nelson,
Gregory D. Kirk,
SanLin You,
Hsu Sung Kuo,
Manning Feinleib,
Chien Jen Chen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/651231
Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , hazard ratio , mortality rate , liver disease , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , immunology , confidence interval , virus
Few studies have evaluated survival rates among women who have chronic hepatitis B virus infection. We investigated the overall and disease-specific mortality rates in a nationwide cohort of women after they were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) during pregnancy.
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