Chronic hepatitis B: Advances in treatment

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 284-292

  Santantonio, Teresa Antonia ^a   Fasano, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiviral resistance; Antiviral therapy; Chronic hepatitis; Nucleos(t)ide analogues; Peginterferon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901454589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v6.i5.284     Document Type: Article

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