To examine the long-term effect of interferon (IFN) therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, particularly on survival and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prevention, 101 male patients with chronic hepatitis B in a randomized controlled trial were followed up for 1.1 to 11.5
Effects of interferon-α therapy on cardiac function in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection
✍ Scribed by Mustafa Kemal Erol; Serpil Erol; Mehmet Koruk; Mustafa Ertek; Engin Bozkurt
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 202 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0910-8327
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