Article
[Treatment of chronic hepatitis B].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Feb 2006
Asselah Tarik, Castelnau Corinne, Marcellin Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B develops in 3 phases: immune tolerance, where viral replication is strong and there is little or no fibrosis; immune activity phase with low viral replication and rapidly developing fibrosis as well as an elevated risk of cirrhosis; low viral replication and remission, with a risk, nonetheless, of reactivation. Antiviral treatment is indicated in patients with moderate or severe levels of...
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