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CONTENTS<br />

Chapter 1. Introduction 11<br />

Chapter 2. Prediction of response to treatment<br />

Chapter 2.1. Stronger HBV DNA suppression in HBeAg-positive chronic<br />

hepatitis B patients with peginterferon induced fl ares or<br />

HBeAg loss compared with placebo<br />

Chapter 2.2. Factors that predict response of patients with hepatitis B e<br />

antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B to peginterferon-alfa<br />

Chapter 2.3. Prediction of the response to peginterferon-alpa in patients<br />

with HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B using decline of HBV<br />

DNA during treatment<br />

Chapter 2.4. Dynamic prediction of response to HBV-treatment using<br />

multivariate longitudinal profi les<br />

Chapter 2.5. Early on-treatment prediction of response to peginterferon<br />

alfa-2a for HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B using HBsAg<br />

and HBV DNA levels<br />

Chapter 3. Statistical models of long-term treatment effects<br />

Chapter 3.1. Long-term clinical outcome and effect of glycyrrhizin in 1093<br />

chronic hepatitis C patients with non-response or relapse to<br />

interferon<br />

Chapter 3.2. Discriminant analysis using a multivariate linear mixed model<br />

with a normal mixture in the random effects distribution<br />

Chapter 4. Statistical models of early treatment effects<br />

Chapter 4.1. Viral dynamics during and after entecavir therapy in patients<br />

with chronic hepatitis B<br />

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