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. 2021 May-Jun;27(3):115-126.
doi: 10.4103/sjg.sjg_539_20.

SASLT practice guidelines for the management of Hepatitis B virus - An update

Faisal A Abaalkhail  1 , Waleed K Al-Hamoudi  2 , Abdullah Khathlan  3 , Saad Alghamdi  4 , Mohammed Alghamdi  5 , Saleh A Alqahtani  6 , Faisal M Sanai  7
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SASLT practice guidelines for the management of Hepatitis B virus - An update

Faisal A Abaalkhail et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2021 May-Jun.

Abstract

Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains an important public health problem with a high burden worldwide. The Saudi Association for the Study of Liver diseases and Transplantation formed a working group to develop HBV practice guidelines in Saudi Arabia. The methodology used to develop these guidelines was based on reviewing the available evidence, local data, and major international practice guidelines on the management of HBV. The aim of these guidelines is to assist healthcare providers in the management of HBV in Saudi Arabia. These updated guidelines summarize the latest local studies performed on HBV epidemiology, major changes in the prevalence of this virus, and advances in disease management.

Keywords: Antiviral; HBV; epidemiology; guidelines; hepatitis B virus; liver disease; treatment.

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Factors that affect the risk of developing HCC in diagnosed CHB patients
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Algorithm for the management of HBV infection
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