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Chapter 2.1<br />

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Figure 2 continued. Mean decline of HBV DNA for HBeAg-positive patients treated with PEG-IFN<br />

(black) and placebo (grey) for genotypes A-D.<br />

HBV DNA decline according to HBeAg loss<br />

Next, we studied patterns of HBV DNA decline according to the achievement of<br />

HBeAg loss at EOT among patients with available HBeAg status. HBeAg negativity at<br />

EOT was observed in 40 (32%) of 126 patients in the PEG-IFN group compared with 16

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