Lamivudine pulse therapy treats HBeAg-positive patients with normal ALT values.
Publication: Hepatitis Weekly
Publication Date: 27-DEC-04
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2004 DEC 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lamivudine pulse therapy treats HBeAg-positive patients with normal ALT values.
"Currently no therapy is given to patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who are hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg) positive with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Steroid priming has been shown to enhance T-helper-1 (Th-1) cell response. Lamivudine may restore immunologic competence against HBV by...
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