To investigate whether serum thymosin beta4 can provide diagnostic or prognostic information in liver failure patients caused by chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Artificial Cells, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, 83 Jintang Road, Tianjin 300170, China. hantaomd@126.com