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Comment
. 2023 Apr;29(2):510-512.
doi: 10.3350/cmh.2023.0018. Epub 2023 Jan 30.

Letter regarding "Long-term prognosis and the need for histologic assessment of chronic hepatitis B in the serological immune-tolerant phase"

Chia-Ming Chu  1 , Yun-Fan Liaw  1
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Comment

Letter regarding "Long-term prognosis and the need for histologic assessment of chronic hepatitis B in the serological immune-tolerant phase"

Chia-Ming Chu et al. Clin Mol Hepatol. 2023 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Age; Alanine aminotransferase; Chronic hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus; Immune tolerance.

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