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Efficacy of 6-month interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Japan.

Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2004

Suzuki Fumitaka, Arase Yasuji, Akuta Norio, Tsubota Akihito, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Sezaki Hitomi, Hosaka Tetsuya, Someya Takashi, Kobayashi Masahiro, Saitoh Satoshi, Ikeda Kenji, Kobayashi Mariko, Matsuda Marie, Satoh Junko, Kumada Hiromitsu

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BACKGROUND: In Japan, there are few studies of long-term (more than 1 month) interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). In this retrospective study, we investigated the efficacy and predictors of response to 6-month IFN therapy. METHODS: We analyzed 66 Japanese patients with CHB who were treated with IFN for 6 months. They comprised patients who were hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive (n=45) and...

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PMID: 15549450
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1430-x

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