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ArticleCurrent hepatitis reports2011

Current Antiviral Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis B: Efficacy and Safety.

Yuk-Fai Lam, Man-Fung Yuen, Wai-Kay Seto, Ching-Lung Lai

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Article in Current hepatitis reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Prophylaxis for Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Era of Drug Resistance and Newer Antivirals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2018
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  8. Clevudine Induced Mitochondrial Myopathy.Journal of Korean medical science · 2017
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  11. [Clinical analysis of Fanconi syndrome induced by adefovir dipivoxil].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2015
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  13. Prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yuk-Fai LamDepartment of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Man-Fung Yuen
Wai-Kay Seto
Ching-Lung Lai

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of chronic hepatitis B is in constant evolution. Interferon, the first agent licensed for chronic hepatitis B treatment, has been superseded by the growing popularity of nucleoside/nucleotide analogues (NA). However, resistance to these agents is a major challenge. Newer NAs, such as entecavir and tenofovir dipivoxil fumarate, have very low resistance rates and favorable safety profiles. Long-term use of these agents can effectively suppress hepatitis B virus DNA, leading to decrease in incidence of hepatitic flares, as well as in the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The efficacy and safety of various antiviral agents is discussed in this review.

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PMCPMC3210946

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