We have previously demonstrated that combination peginterferon and lamivudine treatment has superior antiviral efficacy to lamivudine monotherapy in chronic hepatitis B. In this study, we investigated the long-term posttreatment virological response to this combination treatment. Sustained virologic
Long-term follow-up of anti-HBe-positive chronic active hepatitis B
โ Scribed by Giovanna Fattovich; Lucio Brollo; Alfredo Alberti; Patrizia Pontisso; Giuliano Giustina; Giuseppe Realdi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 444 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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โฆ Synopsis
Twenty-eight patients with chronic active hepatitis without cirrhosis who were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen and antibody to hepatitis B e antigen were followed for 1 to 15 years (mean 6.6 years) and underwent follow-up biopsy. At presentation, 12 of the 28 patients (43%) had hepatitis B virus DNA in serum, 10
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