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Long-term continuous entecavir therapy in nucleos(t)ide-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Sept 2012
Ono Atsushi, Suzuki Fumitaka, Kawamura Yusuke, Sezaki Hitomi, Hosaka Tetsuya, Akuta Norio, Kobayashi Masahiro, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Saitou Satoshi, Arase Yasuji, Ikeda Kenji, Kobayashi Mariko, Watahiki Sachiyo, Mineta Rie, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: We determined the antiviral potency and viral resistance rate after 4 years of continuous entecavir treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection. METHODS: The cumulative rates of undetectable hepatitis B virus DNA (HBV DNA;<2.6 log(10) copies/ml), hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seronegativity, seroconversion, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization, and entecavir signature...
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