Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 942-948.e1, March 2010

Effect of Puberty Onset on Spontaneous Hepatitis B Virus e Antigen Seroconversion in Men

Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 9 September 2009; accepted 23 November 2009. published online 07 December 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This work was supported by grant NSC 96-2628-B-002-017-MY3 from the National Science Council of Taiwan and grant NHRI-EX97-9418BI from the National Health Research Institute of Taiwan. The authors thank Mr De-Shiuan Su and Ms Hui-Chuan Lee, from the Department of Pediatrics of National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, for laboratory assistance.

PII: S0016-5085(09)02103-9

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.11.051

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 942-948.e1, March 2010