Manifestations of Perihepatic Lymph Nodes in Acute Flare of Chronic Hepatitis B: Association with HBeAg Status and with HBeAg Seroconversion

• Yen-Ling Ko ,

  ¶‡ YLK and CSS contributed equally to this paper.

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chi-Shu Sun ,

  ¶‡ YLK and CSS contributed equally to this paper.

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Kun-Ming Chung,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yu-Min Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• I-Che Feng,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Ming-Jen Sheu,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Lok-Beng Koay,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Ching-Yih Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chung-Han Ho,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Yongkang, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Hospital and Health Care Administration, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsing-Tao Kuo

  * E-mail: kuohsu2003@yahoo.com.tw

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan, Taiwan

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