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Viral hepatitis B - an overview


S.C. Robson
B Schoub
S.S. Abdool Karim

Abstract

Worldwide the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for a large proportion of all forms of liver disease and is probably the most frequent cause of chronic viral disease in man. The economic and human cost of HBV is further exacerbated by its association with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the ten most common malignant human tumours.


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eISSN: 2078-5135
print ISSN: 0256-9574