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A double-blind randomized trial of adefovir dipivoxil in Chinese subjects with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B†

  1. MinDe Zeng1,
  2. YiMin Mao1,*,
  3. GuangBi Yao2,
  4. Hao Wang3,
  5. JinLin Hou4,
  6. YaoZong Wang5,
  7. Beulah N. Ji6,
  8. Chai-Ni P. Chang7,
  9. Keith F. Barker6

Article first published online: 23 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/hep.21225

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 44, Issue 1, pages 108–116, July 2006

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Zeng, M., Mao, Y., Yao, G., Wang, H., Hou, J., Wang, Y., Ji, B. N., Chang, C.-N. P. and Barker, K. F. (2006), A double-blind randomized trial of adefovir dipivoxil in Chinese subjects with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B. Hepatology, 44: 108–116. doi: 10.1002/hep.21225

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  1. 1

    Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

  2. 2

    Jing-An Qu Hospital, Shanghai, China

  3. 3

    Beijing People's Hospital, Beijing, China

  4. 4

    NanFang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

  5. 5

    Infectious Disease Hospital, Jinan, China

  6. 6

    GlaxoSmithKline, London, United Kingdom

  7. 7

    GlaxoSmithKline, Raleigh-Durham, NC

*Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

  1. †

    Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 JUN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 23 JUN 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 APR 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 14 SEP 2005

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