Biochemical Rather than Virologic Response to Interferon Therapy may be More Closely Associated with Decrease of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The authors examined whether the response to interferon (IFN) therapy can affect the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. METHODS: Out of 353 biopsy-proven CHB patients, 229 (65%) were treated with IFN-α for 6 to 12 months. They were f...

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Main Authors: Lee, Danbi, Chung, Young-Hwa, Lee, Sae Hwan, Lee, Yoon-Seon, Lee, Don, Hwang, Jeong Eun, Kim, Kang Mo, Lim, Young Suk, Lee, Han Chu, Yu, Eunsil, Lee, Young Sang, Suh, Dong Jin
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Korean Society of Gastroenterology; the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver; the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility; Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases; Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research; Korean Society of Pancreatobiliary Diseases 2007
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871650/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20485658
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl.2007.1.1.49
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