ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2001
Current Options for the Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection.
Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Searching for chronic hepatitis B patients in a low prevalence area--role of racial origin.BMC family practice · 2004Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Until recently the only available treatment for chronic hepatitis B was interferon-alpha. Over the past few years a new class of antiviral has become available, the reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Lamivudine is a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor that was recently approved in many countries for the treatment of hepatitis B. Despite the potent action of lamivudine, the development of new antivirals and new strategies to treat hepatitis B are still the major goal. We review the latest options for therapy of chronic hepatitis B, including combination strategies that could be an approach to improving the response rate of antivirals.
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