A dose-finding study of once-daily oral telbivudine in HBeAg-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Hepatology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 719-726

  Lai, Ching Lung ^a,d   Lim, Seng Gee ^b   Brown, Nathaniel A ^c   Zhou, Xiao Jian ^c   Lloyd, Deborah M ^c   Lee, Yin Mei ^b   Yuen, Man Fung ^a   Chao, George C ^c   Myers, Maureen W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; TELBIVUDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; 1 (2 DEOXY BETA L ERYTHROPENTAFURANOSYL) 5 METHYL 2,4(1H,3H) PYRIMIDINEDIONE; 1-(2-DEOXY-BETA-L-ERYTHROPENTAFURANOSYL)-5-METHYL-2,4(1H,3H)-PYRIMIDINEDIONE; NUCLEOSIDE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; VERTIGO; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; XEROSTOMIA; AGED; BLOOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; DNA, VIRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOSIDES; PYRIMIDINONES;

EID: 4544271613     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20374     Document Type: Article

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