Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29353469›Full record

ReviewClinical and molecular hepatology2018

Management of chronic hepatitis B patients in immunetolerant phase: what latest guidelines recommend.

Grace Lai-Hung Wong

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Review in Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2021
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  19. [New insights into immunotolerant phase of chronic hepatitis B virus infection].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Grace Lai-Hung WongInstitute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong SAR, China.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The natural history of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is complex and may run through different immune phases that may overlap. In particulars, the immune-tolerant phase is the most interesting and not as well understood as we thought. The concept of true immune tolerance have been under challenged from immunology points of view. The major international guidelines have not yet reached a consensus on the definition of the immune-tolerant phase. While positive hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), high serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and normal serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels are the three key features of this phase, some guidelines also put age into consideration. A new nomenclature, Phase 1 or HBeAg-positive chronic HBV infection, is given by the latest European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) published in April 2017. While current guidelines advise against starting antiviral treatment for immune-tolerant CHB patients, some new data suggest treating such patients may reduce the risk of liver fibrosis progression and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsDNA, ViralGuidelines as TopicHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansImmune ToleranceLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsAntiviral AgentsDNA, ViralHepatitis B e Antigenschronic hepatitis Bhepatocellular carcinomaImmune toleranceLiver fibrosisPositive HBeAg

Identifiers

PMID29353469
PMCPMC6038942
OpenAlexW2784875696

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