Significant Hepatic Fibrosis Among Treatment-Naive Chronic Hepatitis B Virus With Increased Hepatitis B Virus DNA and Normal Alanine Aminotransferase

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jan;16(1):146-148. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.07.012. Epub 2017 Jul 18.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alameda Health System, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Silicon Valley Research Institute, San Jose, California.
³ San Jose Gastroenterology, San Jose, California.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California; Hepatitis B Foundation, Doylestown, PA; National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, Washington, DC.

PMID: 28733260
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.07.012

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MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alanine Transaminase / blood*
DNA, Viral / analysis*
Female
Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification*
Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications*
Hepatitis B, Chronic / virology*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Viral Load*

Substances

DNA, Viral
Alanine Transaminase