Hepatitis B genotypes and the response to interferon therapy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 998-1002

  Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Wu, Nan Hui ^b   Chen, Pei Jer ^a,c   Lai, Ming Yang ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^b,d  

^a Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Internal MedicineTaipei ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Genotype; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B virus; Interferon; Sustained response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 84983726628     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80135-X     Document Type: Article

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