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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2008; 14(20): 3201-3206
Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3201
Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3201
Hepatitis B virus prevalence and transmission risk factors in inflammatory bowel disease patients at Clementino Fraga Filho university hospital
Yolanda Faia Manhães Tolentino, Homero Soares Fogaça, Cyrla Zaltman, Henrique Sérgio Moraes Coelho, Internal Medicine Department, Gastroenterology Unit of Clementino Fraga Filho, University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, Brazil
Lia Laura Lewis Ximenes, Virology Department, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation 21045-900, Brazil
Author contributions: Tolentino YFM, Fogaça HS and Coelho HSM contributed equally to this work; Tolentino YFM and Fogaça HS performed research and wrote the paper; Fogaça HS and Coelho HSM designed research; Zaltman C interviewed the patients and analyzed data and Ximenes LLL did the laboratories analysis.
Correspondence to: Yolanda Faia Manhães Tolentino, Internal Medicine Department, Gastroenterology Unit of Clementino Fraga Filho, University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, Brazil. yolandafaia@superig.com.br
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Received: January 28, 2008
Revised: April 12, 2008
Accepted: April 19, 2008
Published online: May 28, 2008
Revised: April 12, 2008
Accepted: April 19, 2008
Published online: May 28, 2008
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