Assessment of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis is crucial for the management of patients with chronic hepatitis B. The presence of at least moderate liver fibrosis is an important indication for antiviral ...

With several drugs in use that inhibit the hepatitis B virus polymerases (nucleos(t)ide analogues (or NUCs)), some argue that new direct-acting antiviral drugs, and new NUCs in particular ...

New model predicts HCC risk in noncirrhotic chronic hepatitis B patients, improving early detection strategies.

patients were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 7206 (1.6%) for hepatitis C antibody (HCV Ab) of whom 369 (4.7%) and 163 (2.3%) tested positive, respectively. Of 14 059 patients ...

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Our findings also highlight that HBcrAg might be a better viral marker than HBsAg to discriminate hepatitis B e antigen negative patients with preserved HBV-specific (CD4 +) T cell responses and thus ...

It is hypothesized that the change from HBeAg-positive to HBeAg-negative occurs by ... hepatitis B virus; HBcAg, hepatitis B core antigen; HBeAg, hepatitis B e antigen; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface ...

Flares post partum are common even in the absence of antiviral therapy (25%). Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive women are twice as likely to have a flare post partum. Flares post partum are ...

maternal hepatitis B e antigen carrier status), this study failed to conduct a deeper exploration. This study was conducted according to Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology ...

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Study: AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation ... in people who are either positive for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) or HBV core ...