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Sustained response after a 2-year course of lamivudine treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Sept 2004
Fung S K, Wong F, Hussain M, Lok A S F
Abstract excerpt
Lamivudine has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B (e-CHB). However, treatment withdrawal after 1 year has been associated with a high rate of relapse while long-term treatment is associated with increasing risks of drug resistance. We report our treatment experience of 50 Chinese-Canadian patients with e-CHB. All patients received lamivudine for 2 years....
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