Open AccessSerum 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).