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HepB
(redirected from hepatitis B)

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HepBHepatitis B


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NASDAQ:IDIX), Cambridge, Mass, has announced that the Swissmedic has approved telbivudine as a new treatment for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in compensated patients with evidence of viral replication and active liver inflammation.
Although she was a healthy hepatitis B virus carrier and negative for serologic markers of hepatitis A and C, testing upon admission showed elevated levels of liver enzymes (alanine aminotranferase 752 IU/L, aspartate aminotransferase 507 IU/L, and [gamma]-glutamyl transpeptidase 225U/L).
It's well established that hepatitis B virus can cause liver cancer.
 
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