Occult hepatitis B virus infection: bit player or role player?

Editorial

Abdirashid M Shire et al. Hepatology. 2011.

. 2011 Sep 2;54(3):760-3.

doi: 10.1002/hep.24528.

No abstract available

Comment on

Occult and previous hepatitis B virus infection are not associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in United States patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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Occult hepatitis B infection and HBV replicative activity in patients with cryptogenic cause of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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