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Quantitation of HBsAg predicts response to entecavir therapy in HBV genotype C patients.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Oct 2012
Orito Etsuro, Fujiwara Kei, Kanie Hiroshi, Ban Tesshin, Yamada Tomonori, Hayashi Katsumi
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AIM: To analysis the factors that predict the response to entecavir therapy in chronic hepatitis patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype C. METHODS: Fifty patients [hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative:HBeAg-positive = 26:24] with HBV genotype C, who received naïve entecavir therapy for > 2 years, were analyzed. Patients who showed HBV DNA levels ≥ 3.0 log viral copies/mL after 2 years of entecavir...
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