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ArticleGastroenterology research2018

Efficacy and Safety of Entecavir 0. 5 mg in Treating Naive Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Patients in Egypt: Five Years of Real Life Experience.

Sahar Maklad, Ehab Mahfouz Reyad, Emad Adel William, Alaa Abouzeid

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Article in Gastroenterology research, 2018. 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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4 authors.

Sahar MakladDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute (NHTMRI), Cairo, Egypt.
Ehab Mahfouz ReyadDepartment of Clinical Pathology, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute (NHTMRI), Cairo, Egypt.
Emad Adel WilliamDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Alaa AbouzeidDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of

methodsForty-eight CHB patients on ETV were included. Males comprised 83.3% (40 cases), while females comprised 16.7% (eight cases). Minimum age was 19 years, while maximum age was 64 years. Hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg)-negative cases were 60.4%. HBeAg-positive cases were 39.6%. Factors including sex, positive HBeAg, baseline hepatitis B virus

resultsMean age of patients was 38.2 years; males were 83.3% and females were 16.7%. HBeAg-negative cases were 60.4%, while HBeAg-positive cases were 39.6%. Mean baseline DNA level was 44 × 10

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EgyptEntecavirHepatitis B

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PMID29707081
PMCPMC5916638

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