Thymosin alpha-1 treatment in chronic hepatitis B

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-132

  Wu, Xiaoning ^a   Jia, Jidong ^a   You, Hong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Thymosin 1; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ENTECAVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; LAMIVUDINE; THYMOSIN ALPHA1; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; THYMOSIN;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EMBASE; FULL TEXT DATABASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VIRUS REPLICATION; WANFANG DATABASE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LAMIVUDINE; THYMOSIN; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84965087784     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: 17447682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2015.1007948     Document Type: Editorial

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