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Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance
Hepatology · 2018 · Vol. 67(4) · pp. 1560–1599
Norah A. Terrault✉(University of California, San Francisco)Anna S. Lok(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)Brian J. McMahon(Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium)Kyong‐Mi Chang(University of Pennsylvania)Jessica Hwang(The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)Maureen M. Jonas(Boston Children's Hospital)Robert S. Brown(Cornell University)Natalie Bzowej(Ochsner Medical Center)John B. Wong(Tufts University)
Abstract
This AASLD 2018 Hepatitis B Guidance is intended to complement the AASLD 2016 Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B The 2018 updated guidance on chronic hepatitis B (CHB) includes (1) updates on treatment since the 2016 HBV guidelines (notably the use of tenofovir alafenamide) and guidance on (2) screening, counseling, and prevention; (3) specialized virological and serological tests; (4) monitoring of untreated patients; and (5) treatment of hepatitis B in special populations, including persons with viral coinfections, acute hepatitis B, recipients of immunosuppressive therapy, and transplant recipients.
Hepatitis B Virus StudiesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentHepatitis C virus researchMedicineChronic hepatitisHepatitis BHepatitisVirologyInternal medicineIntensive care medicineGastroenterologyVirus
MeSH terms
Hepatitis B, ChronicAdultAntiviral AgentsChildCounselingHumansMass ScreeningHepatitis B Vaccines
Funding
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Gilead Sciences
- Allergan
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