Treatment of HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients with nucleos(t)ide analogues

Liver International

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Papatheodoridis, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adefovir; Entecavir; Hepatitis B; Interferon; Lamivudine; Telbivudine; Tenofovir

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR;

ARTICLE; DRUG POTENCY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SAFETY; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ADENINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PYRIMIDINONES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650815017     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02392.x     Document Type: Article

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