Open AccessDurability of Telbivudine-Associated Improvement of Renal Function Following Withdrawal or Switching of Antivirals in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients
Author(s) -
ChaoWei Hsu,
YiCheng Chen,
MingLing Chang,
ChenChun Lin,
ShiMing Lin,
WeiTing Chen,
YuDe Chu,
ChauTing Yeh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx271
Subject(s) - medicine , telbivudine , chronic hepatitis , renal function , intensive care medicine , virology , virus , lamivudine
Telbivudine-associated renal function improvement was durable after withdrawal or continuous use of telbivudine. However, renal function deteriorated if patients were switched to entecavir or tenofovir.
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