Re-treatment of patients with anti-HBe-positive chronic hepatitis B who relapsed after an initial course of lamivudine.

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Published in Aliment Pharmacol Ther on November 01, 2003

Authors

G A Niro1, T Santantonio, R Fontana, M Insalata, D Facciorusso, F Signorile, F Perri, A Guastadisegni, D Gioffreda, O Palmieri, G Pastore, A Andriulli

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza' IRCSS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. nirograzia@tiscalinet.it

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