Efficacy of telbivudine on interruption of hepatitis B virus vertical transmission: a meta-analysis
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Telbivudine prevents vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus from women with high viral loads: a prospective long-term study.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a leading cause of liver diseases. We investigated the efficacy and safety of telbivudine in preventing transmission of HBV from hepatitis B e antigen-positive pregnant women with high viral loads to their infants in an open-label study. METHODS We performed a prospective study of 450 hepatitis B e antigen-positive pregnant women with HBV...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2013.169