Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and immunologic response and body mass index in obese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Fadwa M Al-Sharif

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Fadwa M Al-Sharif ¹ ^*

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¹ King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80324, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.^* Corresponding Author

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Al-Sharif FM. Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and immunologic response and body mass index in obese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. EUR J GEN MED. 2017;14(2):34-7. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81879

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Al-Sharif, F. M. (2017). Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and immunologic response and body mass index in obese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. European Journal of General Medicine, 14(2), 34-37. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81879

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Al-Sharif FM. Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and immunologic response and body mass index in obese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. EUR J GEN MED. 2017;14(2), 34-37. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81879

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Al-Sharif, Fadwa M. "Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and immunologic response and body mass index in obese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection". European Journal of General Medicine 2017 14 no. 2 (2017): 34-37. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81879

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Al-Sharif, F. M. (2017). Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and immunologic response and body mass index in obese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. European Journal of General Medicine, 14(2), pp. 34-37. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81879

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Al-Sharif, Fadwa M "Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and immunologic response and body mass index in obese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection". European Journal of General Medicine, vol. 14, no. 2, 2017, pp. 34-37. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81879

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