Interferon alfa for chronic hepatitis B infection: Increased efficacy of prolonged treatment

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 238-243

  Janssen, Harry L A ^a   Gerken, Guido ^b   Carreño, Vicente ^c   Marcellin, Patrick ^d   Naoumov, Nikolai V ^e   Craxi, Antonio ^f   Ring Larsen, Helmer ^g   Kitis, George ^h   Van Hattum, Jan ⁱ   De Vries, Richard A ^j   Michielsen, Peter P ^k   Ten Kate, Fiebo J W ^l   Hop, Wim C J ^a   Heijtink, Rudolf A ^m   Honkoop, Pieter ^a   Schalm, Solko W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Fundacion Gimenez Diaz   (Spain)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^h George Papanikolaou   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^j RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^k ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SEROCONVERSION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033037480     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300113     Document Type: Article

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