Role of hepatitis D virus infection in development of hepatocellular carcinoma among chronic hepatitis B patients treated with nucleotide/nucleoside analogues

Abstract Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the natural course of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. Its role in patients treated with nucleotide/nucleoside analogues (NAs) is unclear. We aimed to study the role of hepatitis D in the developmen...

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Main Authors: Tyng-Yuan Jang, Yu-Ju Wei, Ta-Wei Liu, Ming-Lun Yeh, Shu-Fen Liu, Cheng-Ting Hsu, Po-Yao Hsu, Yi-Hung Lin, Po-Cheng Liang, Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Yu-Min Ko, Yi-Shan Tsai, Kuan-Yu Chen, Ching-Chih Lin, Pei-Chien Tsai, Shu-Chi Wang, Ching-I. Huang, Zu-Yau Lin, Shinn-Cherng Chen, Wan-Long Chuang, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Chung-Feng Huang, Ming-Lung Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87679-w