Role of hepatitis D virus in persistent alanine aminotransferase abnormality among chronic hepatitis B patients treated with nucleotide/nucleoside analogues.

CONCLUSIONS: HDV infection played an important role in ALT abnormality in CHB patients receiving 1-year and 2-year NAs. The impact was particularly noted in patients who had successfully suppressed HBV DNA. PMID: 33109431 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: J Formos Med Assoc - October 24, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jang TY, Wei YJ, Yeh ML, Liu SF, Hsu CT, Hsu PY, Liu TW, Lin YH, Liang PC, Hsieh MH, Ko YM, Tsai YS, Chen KY, Lin CC, Tsai PC, Wang SC, Huang CI, Lin ZY, Chen SC, Chuang WL, Huang JF, Dai CY, Huang CF, Yu ML Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research