title: Treatment of chronic hepatitis B: efficacy of current drugs and prospects for the future.
abstract: Chronic hepatitis B is an important clinical problem often leading to severe complications. In this review, the results obtained in the last few years with the use of current drugs, such as interferon and nucleo(t)side analogues, are summarized and the problems of obtaining a sustained remission, which is only achieved in a small number of patients, are discussed. The new approaches, such as the use of combinations of drugs, to optimize long-term tolerable treatment are also considered.
authors.affiliation: Second University Naples, Internal Medicine and Hepatology C/O Ospedale Gesù e Maria, Via Cotugno, 1 80135 Napoli, Italy. rosa.zampino@unina2.it
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zampino
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marrone
authors.forename: Luigi Elio
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Adinolfi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruggiero