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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2006; 12(31): 5048-5050
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5048
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5048
Occult hepatitis B virus infection and cryptogenic chronic hepatitis in an area with intermediate prevalence of HBV infection
Mohammad Javad Kaviani, Seyed Alireza Taghavi, Gastroenterohepatology research center, Department of Internal medicine, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Behzad Behbahani, Professor Abdolvahhab Alborzi's pediatric clinical microbiology research center, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Mohammad Jafar Mosallaii, Fatemeh Sari-Aslani, Department of pathology, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Mohammad Javad Kaviani, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Nemazee hospital, Nemazee square, Shiraz, Iran. kavianim@sums.ac.ir
Telephone: +98-71-16261089
Received: November 19, 2005
Revised: December 18, 2005
Accepted: December 22, 2005
Published online: August 21, 2006
Revised: December 18, 2005
Accepted: December 22, 2005
Published online: August 21, 2006
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