[PDF] Top 20 Adefovir dipivoxil for the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B

... with chronic hepatitis B, 48 weeks of treatment with adefovir dipivoxil resulted in signif- icant histologic improvement, reduced serum HBV DNA levels, and increased ... See full document

... Adefovir dipivoxil (Hepsera, Gilead Sciences) is an oral prodrug of adefovir, a phosphonate nucleo- tide analogue of AMP with potent activity against the polymerase activity ... See full document

... t e r m a d e f o v i r t h e r a p y f o r c h r o n i c h e p a t i t i s b file over 144 weeks remained consistent with that seen earlier in the ...studies, treatment ... See full document

... assessing the durability of lamivudine-in- duced HBeAg seroconversion have suggested that longer treat- ment after seroconversion increased sustained ...months of additional lamivudine therapy ... See full document

... Assess HBsAg Positive CHB* Evaluate for treatment Negative Assess anti-HBs Negative.. (No antibodies) (Antibodies Positive present).[r] ... See full document

... with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)–positive chronic hepatitis B who had not previously received a nucleoside analogue to receive either ...mg of entecavir or ... See full document

... during the follow up ...up of these patients. One limitation of this study was its relative small sample ...to treatment-experienced patients in general remains to be ...limitation of ... See full document

... respectively. The detection rates for pre-S deletions in these HBV carriers were 70% (14/20) for DNA sequencing and 65% (13/20) for the Pre-S Gene ...that the Pre- S Gene Chip ... See full document

... detection of peak serum ALT levels due to late ...policy, the average treatment duration was only ...cohort of patients cannot provide information regarding long-term therapeutic efficacy and ... See full document

... mg for the primary and key secondary virologic ...address the mixed nature of the study population demonstrated consistent findings across all groups assessed; therefore, our findings ... See full document

... Suppression of viral replication is a principal goal of therapy in patients with HBeAg-negative chron- ic hepatitis ...analysis of long-term lamivudine therapy in HBeAg-negative patients ... See full document

... of the patients had chronic HBV infection, but the incidence of severe hepatitis was found to be 53%, which was associated with a mortality rate of ...use of ... See full document

... Safety of living donors is top priority in all the LDLT ...even for the healthy donor, risk of HBV flare-up in post hepatectomy period was the prime ...course of ... See full document

... Seroclearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is the most ideal endpoint in the treatment of chronic hepatitis ...whether the addition ... See full document

... daily. Adefovir was not used in the first line but restricted in the rescue setting, per the regulation of the Taiwan National Health ...Insurance. For those who acquired ... See full document

... From the conventional IIR notch filters, we see that the IIR notch filters can be designed by a two-stage ...place the zeros on the unit circle with angles equal to notch frequen- cies such ... See full document

... The problems to be considered here are not only characterized by a weighted Hamming distance matrix D (as before) but also a cost vector C of all relevant process plans and [r] ... See full document

... h e n e w e n g l a n d j o u r n a l o f m e d i c i n e n engl j med 355;3 ...percent of lung volume) among those with a higher amount of potentially recruitable lung, ... See full document

... history of major diseases, dietary intake, as well as habits of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and betel nut ...on the day of collection and stored at -70°C until ...France). ... See full document

... using the methods of Paffenbarger et al, 12 and computed as an estimate of energy expended in walking, climbing stairs, playing sports, yard work, and so ...on the question- naire. Amount ... See full document