Open AccessOccult hepatitis B virus infection and cryptogenic chronic hepatitis in an area with intermediate prevalence of HBV infection
Author(s) -
Mohammad Javad Kaviani,
Abbas Behzad-Behbahani,
Mohammad Jafar Mosallaii,
Fatemeh Sari Aslani,
Seyed Alireza Taghavi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5048
Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , occult , pathogenesis , hepatitis b virus , etiology , immunology , hepatitis , hepatitis b , virology , viral disease , virus , gastroenterology , pathology , alternative medicine
To assess the possible role of occult HBV infection in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis in Iranian patients.