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Serum Vitamin D Levels in Treatment-naïve Chronic Hepatitis B Patients.

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Abstract
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According to the demographic health survey conducted in 2015, Egypt had 10% documented prevalence of anti-HBc positive patients aged 1-59 and 1% viremic patients amongst the population in the same age group, with a domination of genotype D. Several studies claimed the possible role of vitamin D deficiency in hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and disease progression.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Journal of translational internal medicine
Volume
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5
Issue
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4
Number of Pages
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230-234
ISSN Number
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2450-131X
DOI
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10.1515/jtim-2017-0038
Short Title
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J Transl Int Med
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