Current treatment indications and strategies in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 45, 2008, Pages 6902-6910

  Papatheodoridis, George V ^a   Manolakopoulos, Spilios ^a   Archimandritis, Athanasios J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antivirals; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus DNA; Interferon; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REMISSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

EID: 63449135102     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6902     Document Type: Editorial

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