Hepatitis B Virus Therapy

Data on hepatitis B virus therapy described by researchers at Washington University, Division of Gastroenterology

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 20th, 2007

A new study, "Defining optimal therapeutic outcomes in chronic hepatitis," is now available. "The definition of optimal therapeutic response has been evolving concurrent with the advancement of diagnostic tests. What once was considered "therapeutic success" is considered now disease persistence or relapse," scientists writing in the journal Archives of Medical Research report.

"As the laboratory tools become increasingly sensitive, it follows that the criteria of successful therapeutic response are becoming more stringent. The main objectives of chronic hepatitis B and C treatment are to achieve eradication of the virus and, with this, reduction or prevention of...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-08-20)

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