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SUBMITTER: Hong X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5696023 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hong Xupeng X Kim Elena S ES Guo Haitao H
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 20171106 6
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection represents a significant public health burden worldwide. Although current therapeutics manage to control the disease progression, lifelong treatment and surveillance are required because drug resistance develops during treatment and reactivations frequently occur following medication cessation. Thus, the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma is decreased, but not eliminated. One major reason for failure of HBV treatment is the inability to eradicate or inactiva ...[more]