JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2017, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1): 124-128.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2017.01.035

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Antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B

Hou Chunyan, Yang Yongfeng.   

  1. Department of Liver Diseases, Nanjing Second Hospital,Medical School,Affiliated to Southeast University,Nanjing 210009,Jiangsu Province,China
  • Received:2016-03-25 Online:2017-01-20 Published:2017-02-10

Abstract: Chronic hepatitis B is caused by hepatitis B viral infection. It is a systemic infections mainly including inflammation and necrosis lesions of liver. At present,antiviral drugs to treat hepatitis B mainly include two categories,e.g. interferon and nucleotide analogues. Now,scholars are exploiting new agents,the optimization of combination therapy,immune or apoptosis therapy to eradicate chronic HBV infection.

Key words: Chronic hepatitis B, Antiviral therapy, Progress