Constipation during Entecavir treatment in Chronic Hepatitis B patients: Two Cases Reports

<p>Entecavir (ETV) is an oral nucleoside analog inhibitor of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA polymerase, which is widely used in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Despite the excellent safety data of this agent, the adverse events of headache, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting are recorded in t...

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Main Authors: Meng-Lan Wang (Author), Dong-Mei Zhang (Author), En-Qiang Chen (Author)
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Published: Archives of Hepatitis Research - Peertechz Publications, 2017-05-29.
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