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ReviewJournal of gastroenterology2022

Perspectives on current controversial issues in the management of chronic HBV infection.

Yun-Fan Liaw

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Review in Journal of gastroenterology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Yun-Fan LiawLiver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 199, Tung Hwa North Road, Taipei, 105, Taiwan. liveryfl@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0664-9372

Funding

Chang Gung Medical Research Fund CMRPG1K0101-3Chang Gung Medical Research Fund CMRPG1K0111-3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical and basic research in the past decades has achieved consensus in the understanding of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the management of chronic hepatitis B and HBV-cirrhosis. However, debatable challenges to the existing consensus in the concept and/or definitions have emerged. These include (1). alanine aminotransferase upper limit of normal: traditional laboratory-defined vs fixed; (2). nomenclature for phases of chronic HBV infection: classical vs EASL proposal; (3). indication of antiviral therapy: to treat patients vs to treat HBV; (4). finite vs indefinite long-term antiviral therapy: A. finite therapy in HBV-cirrhosis; B. retreatment decision: biochemical markers vs HBsAg/ALT kinetics. The pros and cons of these controversial issues were reviewed, assessed, and discussed in depth based on relevant lines of scientific evidence, intended to clarify or solve these controversial issues.

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Hepatitis B, ChronicAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsDNA, ViralHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansLiver CirrhosisAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsDNA, ViralHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensAntiviral therapyChronic hepatitis BLiver cirrhosis

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