Chronic hepatitis B virus infection and total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million people.
OBJECTIVES:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with a higher risk of liver diseases. Substantial uncertainty remains, however, about the associations of HBV infection with mortality from extrahepatic causes, especially from subtypes of cardiovascular diseases. We prospectively ex...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019
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