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Hepatitis B Virus
Recent findings from Ankara University, Division of Gastroenterology highlight research in hepatitis B virus in children
August 6th, 2007
A report, "The influence of interferon-alpha and combination interferon-alpha and lamivudine therapy on height and weight in children with chronic hepatitis B infection," is newly published data in Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism. In this recent article published in the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, scientists in Ankara, Turkey conducted a study "To evaluate the height and weight patterns of children with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) with and without treatment. Thirty-four patients with immunoactive CHB randomly assigned to receive interferon-alpha2a (IFN) (5 mIU/m2, 6 months, group I) or IFN (same dose and duration) plus lamivudine (4...
Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-08-06)
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