title: Commentary: coincidental metabolic syndrome increases the risk of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis B - authors' reply.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: G L-H
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: V W-S
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*