Monitoring during and after antiviral therapy for hepatitis B

Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Andersson, Karin L ^a   Chung, Raymond T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CIRCULAR DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON; TELBIVUDINE; VIRUS DNA;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG MONITORING; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 66149171762     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22899     Document Type: Article

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