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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2024

Factors Positively Correlated with Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Seroconversion in Chronic Hepatitis B.

Matthias Buechter, Arne Maria Günther, Paul Manka, Guido Gerken, Alisan Kahraman

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Matthias BuechterDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinic of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3394-5492
Arne Maria GüntherDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinic of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Paul MankaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
Guido GerkenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinic of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5734-8006
Alisan KahramanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinic of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Helios Kliniken · DEMax Grundig Klinik · DESt. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum · DEUniversitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum · DEUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsChronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health challenge since more than 250 million individuals are affected worldwide. Since different treatment modalities are available and not all patients are candidates for antiviral treatment, biomarkers that potentially predict the possibility of HBsAg clearance and seroconversion may be useful in clinical practice. PATIENTS AND

methodsIn this retrospective study, we aimed to identify factors positively correlated with HBsAg seroconversion in a large cohort of 371 chronic hepatitis B patients treated at a German tertial center between 2005 and 2020.

resultsSeroconversion occurred in 25/371 (6.7%) and HBsAg loss in 29/371 patients (7.8%) with chronic HBV infection. Antiviral therapy was associated with a lower chance of seroconversion (seroconversion antiviral therapy 14/260 (5.4%) vs. therapy-naïve patients 11/111 (9.9%),

conclusionsTreatment-naïve male chronic HBV patients with low viral load and inflammatory activity have the best chance to achieve seroconversion. In the absence of cirrhosis, antiviral therapy should therefore not be performed in this patient collective.

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chronic hepatitis bHBsAg seroconversionhepatocellular carcinomaseroclearance

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