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Entecavir maleate versus entecavir in Chinese chronic hepatitis B predominantly genotype B or C: results at week 144
Reports on the efficacy and safety of long-term entecavir treatment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) predominantly genotype B or C are insufficient. This study presents the efficacy and safety of entecavir maleate in Chinese CHB patients. Patients were randomly assigned to receive 48-week treatment with either 0.5mg/day entecavir (group A) or 0.5mg/day entecavir maleate (group B), then all patients received treatment with 0.5mg/day entecavir maleate from week 49. Two hundred and seventy-five patients with CHB (HBeAg-positive: 218) were analyzed, predominantly (98.5%) with genotype B or C
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