The effects of prolonged Lamivudine administration as a sole treatment following the combination therapy of Interferon Alpha and Lamivudine in children for HBeAg (+) chronic hepatitis B

Background: To investigate the effects of prolonged Lamivudine (LAM) treatment in chronic hepatitis B-infected children who were treated with combination therapy and continued with LAM.Methodology: Thirty-seven patients were included in the study. All patients were treated with Interferon alpha (IFN...

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Main Author: Sezin Asik Akman,1 Sabriye Cokceken Okcu,2 Sumer Sutcuoglu.2
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2007-10-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:http://www.oloep.org/jidc/content.asp?id=1072