Clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen during long-term nucleot(s)ide analog treatment in chronic hepatitis B: Results from a nine-year longitudinal study

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 930-941

  Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Seko, Yuya ^a   Kawamura, Yusuke ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen; Interferon; Lamivudine; Nucleot(s)ide analog

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; 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; NUCLEOTIDES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884319490     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0688-7     Document Type: Article

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