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[Changes of serum HBsAg in HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis patients with sustained viral response to long-term lamivudine treatment].
Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 2008
Chen Jin-jun, Wang Zhan-hui, Ma Shi-wu, Chen Yong-peng, Peng Jie, Guo Ya-bing, Hou Jin-lin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: HBsAg loss is rare in chronic hepatitis B patients, even in the patients with long-term nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy; therefore information about serum HBsAg kinetics will be of value in understanding this unusual occurrence. METHODS: Forty-five consecutive patients were studied, which were all HBeAg positive and never had antiviral therapy prior to lamivudine treatment; they then achieved rapid and...
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