Large variations in risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and mortality in treatment naïve hepatitis B patients: systematic review with meta-analyses.

The complications to chronic hepatitis B (HBV) include incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and mortality. The risk of these complications may vary in different patient groups.To estimate the incidence and predictors of HCC and in untreated HBV patients.Systematic review with random effects m...

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Main Authors: Maja Thiele, Lise Lotte Gluud, Annette Dam Fialla, Emilie Kirstine Dahl, Aleksander Krag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4167336?pdf=render