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Ming-Yang Lai
Researcher at National Taiwan University
Publications - 191
Citations - 10706
Ming-Yang Lai is an academic researcher from National Taiwan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis B virus & Hepatitis B. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 191 publications receiving 10498 citations. Previous affiliations of Ming-Yang Lai include Taipei Medical University & Academia Sinica.
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Hepatitis D Virus Genotypes in Intravenous Drug Users in Taiwan: Decreasing Prevalence and Lack of Correlation with Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes
TL;DR: Of 368 hepatitis B virus-infected intravenous drug users, 144 were positive for antibody to hepatitis D virus (anti-HDV) and from 1986 to 1997, the average rate of decrease in the prevalence of HDV infection in this population was 4.7%/year.
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TT virus infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C: influence on clinical, histological and virological features
TL;DR: TTV infection is found frequently in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C in Taiwan; however, coinfection with TTV does not affect the clinicopathological course of chronic liver diseases and the response to interferon alfa therapy.
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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B viral serotypes and genotypes in taiwan.
TL;DR: The relationship of HBV serotypes and genotypes in Taiwan and their correlation with hospital admissions and death rates are studied.
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Lamivudine treatment for hepatitis B reactivation in HBsAg carriers after organ transplantation: A 4‐year experience
Chun-Jen Liu,Ming-Yang Lai,Po-Huang Lee,Nai-Kuan Chou,Shu-Hsun Chu,Pei-Jer Chen,Jia-Horng Kao,Yung-Ming Jen,Ding-Shinn Chen +8 more
TL;DR: The experience of lamivudine treatment in HBsAg carriers who had post‐transplant reactivation of hepatitis B is reported, and it is suggested that this treatment may be fatal after organ transplantation in hepatitis B surface antigen carriers.
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Serum HBsAg, HBeAg, anti‐HBe, and hepatitis B viral DNA in asymptomatic carriers in Taiwan
TL;DR: The study indicated that high‐titered HBsAg carriers were much more likely to be infectious, and confirmed that HBeAg is a practical marker of infectivity.