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<journal-id>1665-2681</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Annals of Hepatology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ann. Hepatol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-2681</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Hepatología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1665-26812017000200185</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5604/16652681.1231556</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Hepatitis B and NAFLD: Lives Crossed]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Luisa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sendra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero-Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Seville , Institute of Biomedicine of Seville and CIBEREHD ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sevilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>185</fpage>
<lpage>187</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-26812017000200185&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-26812017000200185&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-26812017000200185&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Hepatitis B virus infection seems to protect against steatosis and insulin resistance decreasing NAFLD. Metabolic syndrome has been associated with increased risk of disease progression to cirrhosis and liver cancer in hepatitis B. HBsAg seroclearance increased over time and it could be a confounding factor when analysing NAFLD and hepatitis B prevalence.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hepatitis B]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[HBsAg]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[HBeAg]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NAFLD]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NASH]]></kwd>
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