Monotherapy versus combination therapy for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1655-1666

  Carey, Ivana ^a   Harrison, Phillip M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Interferon; Nucleoside; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ALPHA INTERFERON; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; ENTECAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MONOTHERAPY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 73849138259     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543780903241599     Document Type: Review

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