Chronic Hepatitis B Virus
Data on chronic hepatitis B virus discussed by researchers at University Medical Center
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 21st, 2010
A report, 'Prediction of the response to peg-interferon-alfa in patients with HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B using decline of HBV DNA during treatment,' is newly published data in Journal of Medical Virology. According to recent research from Rotterdam, Netherlands, "Peginterferon (PEG-IFN) results in HBeAg loss combined with virologic response in only a minority of patients with HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B. Baseline predictors of response to PEG-IFN include HBV-genotype, pre-treatment HBV DNA levels, and ALT."
"The aims of this study were to develop a model, which improves the baseline prediction of response to PEG-IFN for individual patients by...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-06-21)
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