Role of steroid priming in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Interferon Alfa-2b Alone and after Prednisone Withdrawal for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B

1990 • 855 citations

Long-term beneficial effect of interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

1999 • 450 citations

Effects of Immunosuppressive Therapy on Viral Markers in Chronic Active Hepatitis B

1981 • 252 citations

A controlled trial of interferon with or without prednisone priming for chronic hepatitis B

1992 • 242 citations

Prednisone Withdrawal Followed by Recombinant Alpha Interferon in the Treatment of Chronic Type B Hepatitis

1988 • 171 citations

A Short Course of Prednisolone in Chronic Type B Hepatitis

1986 • 124 citations

Effect of short-term prednisone therapy on aminotransferase levels and hepatitis B virus markers in chronic type B hepatitis

1983 • 106 citations

Recombinant Leukocyte A Interferon Treatment in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

1985 • 88 citations

Lymphoblastoid interferon alfa with or without steroid pretreatment in children with chronic hepatitis B: A multicenter controlled trial

1996 • 76 citations

Effects of prednisolone/azathioprine in chronic hepatitis B viral infection.

1982 • 74 citations

Beneficial effect of prednisolone withdrawal followed by human lymphoblastoid interferon on the treatment of chronic type B hepatitis in Asians: a randomized controlled trial

1994 • 68 citations

Combination of short-term prednisolone and adenine arabinoside in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B

1985 • 66 citations

A pilot study on the effects of prednisone withdrawal on serum hepatitis B virus DNA and HBeAg in chronic active hepatitis B

1986 • 59 citations

Prednisone-interferon combination in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: Direct and indirect metanalysis

1994 • 58 citations

Prednisolone withdrawal therapy enhances the effect of human lymphoblastoid interferon in chronic hepatitis B

1996 • 52 citations

Efficacy of interferon alfa-2b with or without prednisone withdrawal in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis B. A prospective double-blind Belgian-Dutch study

1990 • 43 citations

Efficacy of steroid withdrawal and low-dose interferon treatment in chronic active hepatitis B

1994 • 32 citations

Recombinant interferon alfa-2b following prednisone withdrawal in the treatment of chronic type B hepatitis

1990 • 32 citations

Effect of corticosteroid therapy on levels of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen in patients with chronic type B hepatitis

1987 • 27 citations

A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of prednisolone therapy in HBeAg and HBV DNA positive Chinese patients with chronic active hepatitis B

1991 • 23 citations

A controlled trial of high dose interferon, alone and after prednisone withdrawal, in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: long term follow up.

1993 • 14 citations

Combination of prednisolone withdrawal and antiviral agents (adenine arabinoside, interferon) in chronic hepatitis B

1986 • 12 citations

Short-term prednisolone followed by recombinant human α-interferon alone or combined with adenine-arabinoside in chronic hepatitis B

1991 • 5 citations