Significant fibrosis is not rare in Chinese chronic hepatitis B patients with persistent normal ALT.

BACKGROUND: Limited studies have been done on chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients defined according to the latest Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver guideline with liver histology by a large sample size. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated liver histological characteristics on a c...

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Main Authors: Baolin Liao, Zhanhui Wang, Siwei Lin, Ying Xu, Junqing Yi, Min Xu, Zuxiong Huang, Ying Zhou, Fuchun Zhang, Jinlin Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3808379?pdf=render