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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2007; 13(34): 4560-4565
Published online Sep 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i34.4560
Published online Sep 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i34.4560
Different natural courses of chronic hepatitis B with genotypes B and C after the fourth decade of life
Tatsuji Maeshiro, Shingo Arakaki, Takako Watanabe, Hajime Aoyama, Joji Shiroma, Tetsuo Hirata, Akira Hokama, Jiro Fujita, Control and Prevention of Infectious Disease (First Department of Internal Medicine), Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Tsuyoshi Yamashiro, Department of Blood transfusion medicine, Ryukyu University Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
Fukunori Kinjo, Department of Endoscopy, Ryukyu University Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
Tomofumi Nakayoshi, Department of Internal Medicine, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
Tomokuni Nakayoshi, Hiroshi Sakugawa, Department of Internal Medicine, Heart Life Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
Masashi Mizokami, Clinical Molecular Informative Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Tatsuji Maeshiro, Control and Prevention of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. f994908@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
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Received: May 29, 2007
Revised: June 13, 2007
Accepted: June 18, 2007
Published online: September 14, 2007
Revised: June 13, 2007
Accepted: June 18, 2007
Published online: September 14, 2007
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