Hepatitis B virus infection--natural history and clinical consequences

N Engl J Med. 2004 Mar 11;350(11):1118-29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra031087.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology
  • DNA, Viral / blood
  • Hepatitis B Antibodies / blood
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / blood
  • Hepatitis B e Antigens / blood
  • Hepatitis B virus / genetics
  • Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis B virus / physiology*
  • Hepatitis B* / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis B* / transmission
  • Hepatitis B* / virology
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Interferons / therapeutic use
  • Lamivudine / therapeutic use
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology
  • Viremia
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • DNA, Viral
  • Hepatitis B Antibodies
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
  • Hepatitis B e Antigens
  • Lamivudine
  • Interferons