Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	24505
Country	Pakistan

Received	2016-01-26 10:15
Peer-Review Started	2016-01-27 09:07
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
Return for Revision	2016-03-10 09:17
Revised	2016-03-13 22:53
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2016-04-07 12:13
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2016-04-18 11:45
Articles in Press	2016-04-18 11:45
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2016-04-19 16:11
Publish the Manuscript Online	2016-05-12 10:37

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Randomized Clinical Trial
Article Title	Co-treatment with pegylated interferon alfa-2a and entecavir for hepatitis D: A randomized trial
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Zaigham Abbas, Mohammad Sadik Memon, Muhammad Amir Umer, Minaam Abbas and Lubna Shazi
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Dr. Zaigham Abbas, FCPS, FRCP, Department of Gastroenterology, Ziauddin University Hospital, Shahrah-e-Ghalib, Karachi 74400, Pakistan. drzabbas@gmail.com
Key Words	Hepatitis D; Entecavir; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Pegylated interferon; Hepatitis D virus RNA; Treatment
Core Tip	Chronic hepatitis D is a difficult to treat infec-tion. Six months post treatment response is seen only in one quarter of the patients treated with pegy-lated interferon alfa (PEG-IFNα). In an attempt to improve the response of PEG-IFN, we combined entecavir. This is the first study to evaluate the efficacy of PEG-IFN with entecavir compared to PEG-IFN alone for the treatment of hepatitis D infection. Our study showed that the com-bination treatment did not have any additional benefit in terms of hepatitis D virus RNA suppression and hepatitis B surface antigen reduction as compared to PEG-IFN alone.
Publish Date	2016-05-12 10:37
Citation	Abbas Z, Memon MS, Umer MA, Abbas M, Shazi L. Co-treatment with pegylated interferon alfa-2a and entecavir for hepatitis D: A randomized trial. World J Hepatol 2016; 8(14): 625-631
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v8/i14/625.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v8.i14.625

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