Open AccessDifferent natural courses of chronic hepatitis B with genotypes B and C after the fourth decade of life
Author(s) -
Tatsuji Maeshiro,
Shingo Arakaki,
Tomonori Watanabe,
Hideyasu Aoyama,
Joji Shiroma,
Tsuyoshi Yamashiro,
Tetsuo Hirata,
Akira Hokama,
Fukunori Kinjo,
Tomofumi Nakayoshi,
Tomokuni Nakayoshi,
Masashi Mizokami,
Jiro Fujita,
Hiroshi Sakugawa
Publication year - 2007
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.v13.i34.4560
Subject(s) - genotype , gastroenterology , medicine , cirrhosis , chronic hepatitis , hbeag , hazard ratio , group b , hepatitis b , univariate analysis , group a , immunology , hepatitis b virus , multivariate analysis , biology , hbsag , gene , confidence interval , virus , biochemistry
To investigate the different impact of genotypes B and C on the development of liver cirrhosis (LC) among different age groups of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CH-B).