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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2013; 19(5): 721-726
Published online Feb 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i5.721
Australian tertiary care outcomes of entecavir monotherapy in treatment naive patients with chronic hepatitis B
Farzan Fahrtash-Bahin, Viraj C Kariyawasam, Timothy Gray, Karen Byth, Jacob George, Mark W Douglas
Farzan Fahrtash-Bahin, Viraj C Kariyawasam, Jacob George, Mark W Douglas, Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, 2145 Sydney, Australia
Karen Byth, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, 2145 Sydney, Australia
Timothy Gray, Mark W Douglas, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Sydney Emerging Infections and Biosecurity Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, 2145 Sydney, Australia
Author contributions: Fahrtash-Bahin F collected data, analyzed data and wrote up manuscript; Kariyawasam VC collected data, analyzed data and wrote up manuscript; Gray T planned study, collected data and reviewed manuscript; Byth K analyzed data; George J planned study and reviewed manuscript; Douglas MW planned study, supervised data collection and analysis and revised manuscript.
Correspondence to: Mark W Douglas, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, PO Box 412, Westmead, 2145 Sydney, Australia. mark.douglas@sydney.edu.au
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Received: August 25, 2012
Revised: October 25, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: February 7, 2013
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