Treatment of hepatitis B
- Author:
Nguyen Trong Chinh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
*hepatitis B
- MeSH:
hepatitis B;
Therapeutics;
Therapeutics;
Vietnam
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2004;0(1):17-23
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Vietnam is one of high prevalence HBV-infection country, with average rate of HBV-carriers was between 10% and 20%. If all people that had at least 1 of 3 markers (HBsAg, anti HBs, and anti HBc) were added in, prevalence of HBV infection was as high as 45-70%. The prevalence of acute hepatitis was between 37% and 49%, rate of cirrhotic HBV-positive patients was 47%-87%, and rate of liver cancer in HBV-positive patients was 57%-80%. HBV was concerned as a leading cause of primary hepatocellular carcinoma in human
