Entecavir monotherapy is effective in suppressing hepatitis B virus after liver transplantation.

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Published in Gastroenterology on July 14, 2011

Authors

James Fung1, Cindy Cheung, See-Ching Chan, Man-Fung Yuen, Kenneth S H Chok, William Sharr, Wing-Chiu Dai, Albert C Y Chan, Tan-To Cheung, Simon Tsang, Banny Lam, Ching-Lung Lai, Chung-Mau Lo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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