Impacts of cigarette smoking on liver fibrosis and its regression under therapy in male patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Ming XiongJunying LiShuling YangFansen ZengYali JiJiang LiuQiaoping WuQingjun HeXiaoting TangRonglong JiangFuyuan ZhouYongpeng ChenWeiqun WenJinjun ChenJinlin Hou

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)

Cigarette smoking in male CHB patients aggravated liver fibrosis prior to and delayed fibrosis regression under antiviral therapy.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
hepatitis b virus
mesenchymal stem cells
cell therapy
smoking cessation
replacement therapy