Serum Vitamin D Levels in Treatment-naïve Chronic Hepatitis B Patients.
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Abstract | :
According to the demographic health survey conducted in 2015, Egypt had 10% documented prevalence of anti-HBc positive patients aged 1-59 and 1% viremic patients amongst the population in the same age group, with a domination of genotype D. Several studies claimed the possible role of vitamin D deficiency in hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and disease progression. |
Year of Publication | :
2017
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Journal | :
Journal of translational internal medicine
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Volume | :
5
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Issue | :
4
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Number of Pages | :
230-234
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ISSN Number | :
2450-131X
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DOI | :
10.1515/jtim-2017-0038
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Short Title | :
J Transl Int Med
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