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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2007; 13(42): 5642-5647
Published online Nov 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i42.5642
Viral blips during long-term treatment with standard or double dose lamivudine in HBe antigen negative chronic hepatitis B
Gianfranca Stornaiuolo, Maria Stanzione, Giuseppina Brancaccio, Gianluca Cuomo, Vincenza Precone, Sebastiano Di Biase, Francesca M Felaco, Felice Piccinino, Giovanni B Gaeta
Gianfranca Stornaiuolo, Giuseppina Brancaccio, Gianluca Cuomo, Vincenza Precone, Giovanni B Gaeta, Viral Hepatitis Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second University, Naples, Italy
Maria Stanzione, Francesca M Felaco, Felice Piccinino, Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second University, Naples, Italy
Sebastiano Di Biase, Merigen, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Naples, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Giovanni B Gaeta, Professor, Viral Hepatitis Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second University of Naples, Via Cotugno 1, c/o Osp. Gesù e Maria, Naples 80135, Italy. giovannib.gaeta@unina2.it
Telephone: +39-81-5666208
Received: April 24, 2007
Revised: June 15, 2007
Accepted: August 23, 2007
Published online: November 14, 2007
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