Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2-binding protein in the prediction of disease severity in chronic hepatitis B patients

Ming-Lun Yeh; Chung-Feng Huang; Ching-I Huang; Chia-Yen Dai; I-Hung Lin; Po-Cheng Liang; Meng-Hsuan Hsieh; Zu-Yau Lin; Shinn-Chern Chen; Jee-Fu Huang; Jyh-Jou Chen; Ming-Lung Yu; Wan-Long Chuang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220663

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Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2-binding protein in the prediction of disease severity in chronic hepatitis B patients

Ming-Lun Yeh,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-7618

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Chung-Feng Huang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Ching-I Huang,

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chia-Yen Dai,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Health Management Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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I-Hung Lin,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Po-Cheng Liang,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Meng-Hsuan Hsieh,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Health Management Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Zu-Yau Lin,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Shinn-Chern Chen,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Jee-Fu Huang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jf71218@gmail.com (JFH); jjchen@mail.chimei.org.tw (JJC)

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Jyh-Jou Chen ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jf71218@gmail.com (JFH); jjchen@mail.chimei.org.tw (JJC)

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan
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Ming-Lung Yu,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wan-Long Chuang

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliations Hepatitis Center and Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2-binding protein in the prediction of disease severity in chronic hepatitis B patients

Ming-Lun Yeh,
Chung-Feng Huang,
Ching-I Huang,
Chia-Yen Dai,
I-Hung Lin,
Po-Cheng Liang,
Meng-Hsuan Hsieh,
Zu-Yau Lin,
Shinn-Chern Chen,
Jee-Fu Huang

Published: August 8, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220663

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