Hepatitis B surface antigen levels during the natural history of chronic hepatitis B: a perspective on Asia.

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Published in J Hepatol on February 16, 2010

Authors

Tin Nguyen1, Alexander J V Thompson, Scott Bowden, Catherine Croagh, Sally Bell, Paul V Desmond, Miriam Levy, Stephen A Locarnini

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Research and Molecular Development, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

Associated clinical trials:

Combination Treatment of NAs and Peg IFN α-2b for Hepatitis B Related, Compensatory Cirrhosis Patients | NCT03969017

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