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Heo: Are the Patients in the Immune Tolerant Phase of Chronic Hepatitis B far from Hepatocellular Carcinoma or Death?

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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2019; 74(1): 66-67.

Published online: 26 July 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2019.74.1.66

Are the Patients in the Immune Tolerant Phase of Chronic Hepatitis B far from Hepatocellular Carcinoma or Death?

Nae-Yun Heo

Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Correspondence to: Nae-Yun Heo, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, 875 Haeun-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 48108, Korea. Tel: +82-51-797-0661, Fax: +82-51-797-0941, nyheo@hanmail.net

Copyright © 2019. Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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