Efficacy and safety of long term entecavir in chronic hepatitis B treatment naïve patients in clinical practice

Background and aims. Entecavir (ETV) is effective and safe in patients with chronic hepatitis B in the short term, but its long term efficacy and safety has not been established.Material and methods. We evaluated HBV DNA clearance, HBeAg/antiHBe and HBsAg/antiHBs seroconversion rates in HBeAg-positi...

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Main Authors: Ezequiel Ridruejo, Sebastián Marciano, Omar Galdame, María V. Reggiardo, Alberto E. Muñoz, Raúl Adrover, Daniel Cocozzella, Nora Fernandez, Claudio Estepo, Manuel Mendizabal, Gustavo A. Romero, Diana Levi, Teresa Schroder, Silvia Paz, Hugo Fainboim, Oscar G. Mandó, Adrián C. Gadano, Marcelo O. Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119308610