Serum hepatitis B surface antigen levels predict insignificant fibrosis and non-cirrhosis in hepatitis B e antigen positive patients with normal or mildly elevated alanine transaminase levels | Zendy

Qiang Li | Zendy; Weixia Li | Zendy; Chuan Lu | Zendy; Yuxian Huang | Zendy; Liang Chen | Zendy

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Serum hepatitis B surface antigen levels predict insignificant fibrosis and non-cirrhosis in hepatitis B e antigen positive patients with normal or mildly elevated alanine transaminase levels

Author(s) -

Qiang Li,

Weixia Li,

Chuan Lu,

Yuxian Huang,

Liang Chen

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

oncotarget

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373

H-Index - 127

ISSN - 1949-2553

DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.21210

Subject(s) - medicine , alanine transaminase , cirrhosis , aspartate transaminase , antigen , hepatitis b , fibrosis , transaminase , immunology , alanine aminotransferase , gastroenterology , liver fibrosis , alkaline phosphatase , biology , enzyme , biochemistry

We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels for liver fibrosis in hepatitis B e antigen-positive [HBeAg (+)] chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with alanine transaminase (ALT)≤twice upper limit of normal (ULN).

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