Laboratory Evaluation of Three Regimens of Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: Tenofovir, Entecavir and Combination of Lamivudine and Adefovir

Background: Chronic hepatitis B is a disease of concern due to its life-threatening complications like cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 20-40% of patients. There are about 400 million people affected worldwide with HBV, and over 300,000 die every year from HBV-related diseases. Oral...

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Main Authors: Rajeswari Jayakumar, Yogendra Kumar Joshi, Sarman Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.98664