Hepatitis B - References

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  1. Berenguer M, Wright TL (2006). Hepatitis B and D. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1647–1679. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

  2. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Viral Hepatitis B Fact Sheet. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/b/fact.htm.

  3. American Public Health Association (2004). Viral hepatitis B. In Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th ed., pp. 253–261. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

  4. Lok ASF, McMahon BJ (2007). Chronic hepatitis B. Hepatology, 45(2): 507–539.

  5. American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Hepatitis B. In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 335–355. Elk Grove, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

  6. World Health Organization (2003). Immunizations, vaccines, and biologicals: Hepatitis B. Available online: http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/hepatitisb.shtml.

Other Works Consulted

  • Janssen, H (2005). Pegylated interferon alfa-2b alone or in combination with lamivudine for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: A randomised trial. Lancet, 365(9454): 123–129.

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