Treatment of chronic HBV infection in developing countries

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 816-823

  Zampino, Rosa ^a   Sagnelli, Caterina ^a   Boemio, Adriana ^a   Sagnelli, Evangelista ^a   Coppola, Nicola ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Chronic hepatitis B; Eastern Europe; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; EMTRICITABINE; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERFERON; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIXED INFECTION; MONOTHERAPY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84995629524     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/16652681.1222096     Document Type: Review

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