Open AccessAre serum quantitative hepatitis b surface antigen levels, liver histopathology and viral loads related in chronic hepatitis b-infected patients?
Author(s) -
Ayhan Balkan,
Mustafa Namıduru,
Yasemin Balkan,
Ayşe Özlem Mete,
İlkay Karaoğlan,
Vuslat Boşnak
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.182454
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , hbeag , gastroenterology , hbsag , liver biopsy , alanine transaminase , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , biopsy , pathology , immunology , virus
Fluctuations in hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and alanine transaminase (ALT) levels complicate assessment of the phases of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection and correct identification of the inactive HBV carrier state. In this study, we aimed to examine the role of HBsAg quantification (qHBsAg) in the identification of the phases of HBV and to evaluate its association with liver histopathology.