Comparison of histologic characteristics of Chinese chronic hepatitis B patients with persistently normal or mildly elevated ALT.

Liver disease can develop in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with normal or mildly elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) who seldom undergo liver biopsy. We aimed to determine histologic characteristics of a large cohort of Chinese CHB patients undergoing liver biopsy and to evaluate the utilit...

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Main Authors: Hong Wang, Li Xue, Rong Yan, Yin Zhou, Ming-Shan Wang, Mei-Juan Cheng, Hai-Jun Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3832452?pdf=render