Antiviral treatment for hepatitis B in infancy: Still an issue for debate

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department and Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Bioethics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: changmh@ntu.edu.tw.

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Huey-Ling Chen et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;71(6):1264-1265.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.07.023. Epub 2019 Sep 30.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department and Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Bioethics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: changmh@ntu.edu.tw.

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Early initiation of antiviral therapy contributes to a rapid and significant loss of serum HBsAg in infantile-onset hepatitis B.
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