Efficacy of a combination of HBV RNA and HBeAg in predicting HBeAg seroconversion in patients treated with entecavir for 144 weeks

Background: In some previous studies, serum hepatitis B virus RNA (HBV RNA) was proposed as an HBV viral marker during therapy. However, the dynamic change of HBV RNA, the correlation of HBV RNA with cccDNA, and the combination of HBV RNA with known HBV markers in predicting entecavir (ETV) treatmen...

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Main Authors: Xiaomei Wang, Zhongfeng Wang, Xiumei Chi, Ruihong Wu, Qinglong Jin, Hongqin Xu, Xiuzhu Gao, Lei Yu, Yuping Chen, Jia Shang, Longgen Liu, Shuqin Zhang, Yongfang Jiang, Mingxiang Zhang, Qiaoxia Tong, Lunli Zhang, Youwen Tan, Anlin Ma, Shuangsuo Dang, Bin Xu, Zhenjing Jin, Jia Li, Xiaobo Li, Fengmin Lu, Junqi Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220305750