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. 2023 May-Jun;13(3):535-537.
doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2022.12.013. Epub 2023 May 18.

Making Sense of the Antisense Therapy for Hepatitis B - Bepirovirsen

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Making Sense of the Antisense Therapy for Hepatitis B - Bepirovirsen

Ashish Kumar. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2023 May-Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: ASO; Antisense oligonucleotides; CHB; Chronic hepatitis B; HBV; Hepatitis B virus; NA; Nucleos(t)ide analogue; RNA; Ribonucleic acid.

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