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An early decrease in serum HBeAg titre is a strong predictor of virological response to entecavir in HBeAg-positive patients.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jul 2011
Zhang X, Lin S M, Ye F, Chen T Y, Liu M, Chen Y R, Zheng S Q, Zhao Y R, Zhang S L
Abstract excerpt
Quantification of HBeAg levels has been found to be useful in monitoring and predicting the outcomes of interferon and lamivudine treatment in HBeAg-positive patients. The aim of this study was to determine whether quantification of HBeAg at baseline and on treatment could predict which patients would achieve HBeAg seroconversion after 96 weeks of entecavir therapy. Sixty-five HBeAg-positive naïve chronic...
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