| Literature DB >> 1816724 |
H Tajiri1, K Kozaiwa, Y Ozaki, K Miki, K Shimuzu, S Okada.
Abstract
We studied the effect of Sho-saiko-to (Xiao-Chai-Hu-Tang) on HBeAg clearance rate (SN rate) in fourteen children with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and with sustained liver disease. Seven of fourteen patients (50.0%) became HBeAg negative in the average observation period of 0.47 years(0.2-0.9 years). Four of those seven patients developed anti-HBe. The annual SN rate in the She-saiko-to treated group was apparently higher than the natural annual SN rate (22.7%) of 22 untreated patients retrospectively reviewed from the onset of hepatitis. Sho-saiko-to seemed to promote clearance of HBeAg in children with chronic HBV infection and with sustained liver disease. Sho-saiko-to may be a useful drug for such patients.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1816724 DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X91000193
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Chin Med ISSN: 0192-415X Impact factor: 4.667