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Ten children affected by HBV chronic hepatitis, not responding to a previous treatment with interferon (IFN), have been treated with a reiterated IFN therapy. The response obtained is not encouraging and only one patient became negative for HBeAg and HBV-DNA.
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- Chronic Hepatitis
- Virological Response
- Interferon Treatment
- Lymphoblastoid Interferon
- Human Lymphoblastoid Interferon
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Giacchino, R. et al. (1992). Repeated course of interferon treatment in chronic hepatitis B in childhood. In: De Bac, C., Taliani, G., Gerlich, W.H. (eds) Chronically Evolving Viral Hepatitis. Archives of Virology, vol 4. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-5633-9_61
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