High prevalence of chronic hepatitis D virus infection in Eastern Turkey: urbanization of the disease
ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, cilt.12, sa.2, ss.415-420, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.5114/aoms.2015.52030
- Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.415-420
- Anahtar Kelimeler: hepatitis B virus, hepatitis D virus, hepatosteatosis
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Introduction: Both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection play an increasingly important role in liver diseases. The main objective of this study was to investigate the socio-epidemiological, laboratory and radiological aspects of both HBV and HDV infection near the Iranian border of Turkey.