Hepatitis B Annual

REVIEW ARTICLE
Year
: 2008  |  Volume : 5  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 146--162

Hepatitis B: News from the research world


Paramasivan Piramanayagam1, Gourdas Choudhuri1, Shivaram Prasad Singh2 
1 Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow - 226014, India
2 SCB Medical College, Cuttack 753007, Orissa, India

Correspondence Address:
Gourdas Choudhuri
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow - 226 014
India

Hepatitis B is the leading cause of chronic viral hepatitis across the world, especially in developing countries. Over 400 million people across the world are estimated to be harboring the infection. This section highlights a few important published articles on hepatitis B viral infection and discusses the significance of the results and conclusions of these articles. It is hoped that this review would enable treating physicians and students to comprehend the significance of these specially selected articles better, which should result in better understanding and management of patients with chronic hepatitis B viral infection.


How to cite this article:
Piramanayagam P, Choudhuri G, Singh SP. Hepatitis B: News from the research world.Hep B Annual 2008;5:146-162


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Piramanayagam P, Choudhuri G, Singh SP. Hepatitis B: News from the research world. Hep B Annual [serial online] 2008 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];5:146-162
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