Reduction of hepatitis B surface antigen levels and hepatitis B surface antigen seroclearance in chronic hepatitis B patients receiving 10 years of nucleoside analogue therapy

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 923-931

  Seto, Wai Kay ^a   Wong, Danny Ka Ho ^a,b   Fung, James ^a,b   Huang, Fung Yu ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a,b   Yuen, Man Fung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MONOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCLEARANCE; SEROCONVERSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOSIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883212438     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26376     Document Type: Article

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