Clinical, demographic and epidemiological characteristics of patients with hepatitis B followed at a university hospital in southeastern Brazil: predominance of HBeAg negative cases

INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis B is common in Brazil, although there are regional differences regarding the degree of endemicity, the most frequent forms of transmission and the presence of different evolutive stages of chronic disease. The present study aimed to determine the clinical, demographic and epi...

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Main Authors: Silvana Gama Florencio Chachá, Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Tarciana Vieira Costa, Luiz Carlos de Almeida Filho, Márcia Guimarães Villanova, Fernanda Fernandes Souza, Andreza Correa Teixeira, José Fernando de Castro Figueiredo, Sérgio Zucoloto, Leandra Naira Ramalho, Afonso Dinis da Costa Passos, Ana de Lourdes Candolo Martinelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000100004&lng=en&tlng=en