Assessment of hepatic fibrosis and necroinflammation among inactive HBsAg carriers in Egypt

Introduction. The inactive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier state is usually characterized by minimal or absent liver pathology. However, in developing countries, owing to the very early age of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), this state is reached after a very prolonged immune tol...

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Main Authors: Amr Abdelkader Fateen, Rasha Youssef Shahin, Mohamed Nazmy Farres, Mai Ahmed Eldeeb, Hanaa Ahmed Amer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119314590