Regular review: Treatment of chronic hepatitis
- 17 November 2001
- Vol. 323 (7322), 1164-1167
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7322.1164
Abstract
Methods The information used in the preparation of this article was based on a Medline search to identify key papers in addition to searching abstracts from the meetings of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and European Association for the Study of the Liver between 1997 and 2001. Search terms included hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, treatment, lamivudine, tribavirin (ribavirin), interferon, pegylated interferon, and combination therapy.Keywords
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