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Response-guided peginterferon therapy in hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B using serum hepatitis B surface antigen levels.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 2013
Sonneveld Milan J, Hansen Bettina E, Piratvisuth Teerha, Jia Ji-Dong, Zeuzem Stefan, Gane Edward, Liaw Yun-Fan, Xie Qing, Heathcote E Jenny, Chan Henry L-Y, Janssen Harry L A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: On-treatment levels of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) may predict response to peginterferon (PEG-IFN) therapy in chronic hepatitis B (CHB), but previously proposed prediction rules have shown limited external validity. We analyzed 803 HBeAg-positive patients treated with PEG-IFN in three global studies with available HBsAg measurements. A stopping-rule based on absence of a decline from baseline...
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