Lamivudine as initial treatment for chronic hepatitis B in the United States.

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Published in N Engl J Med on October 21, 1999

Authors

J L Dienstag1, E R Schiff, T L Wright, R P Perrillo, H W Hann, Z Goodman, L Crowther, L D Condreay, M Woessner, M Rubin, N A Brown

Author Affiliations

1: Liver-Biliary-Pancreas Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA. jdienstag@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Tenofovir Alone Versus Tenofovir With Emtricitabine to Treat Chronic Hepatitis B | NCT00524173

Lamivudine and Adefovir to Treat Chronic Hepatitis B Infection in People With and Without HIV Infection | NCT00023153

Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes in HIV-HBV Co-infected Patients in Southern Africa | NCT02060162

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