Letter: hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B-the chicken-and-egg conundrum

Shang-Chin Huang^{1

2}, Jia-Horng Kao^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Comment

Shang-Chin Huang et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;55(1):143-144.

doi: 10.1111/apt.16678.

Shang-Chin Huang^{1

2}, Jia-Horng Kao^{1

3}

¹ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Letter: hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B-the chicken-and-egg conundrum. Authors' reply.
Zheng Q, Nguyen MH. Zheng Q, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022 Jan;55(1):145-146. doi: 10.1111/apt.16698. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022. PMID: 34907551 No abstract available.

Systematic review with meta-analysis: prevalence of hepatic steatosis, fibrosis and associated factors in chronic hepatitis B.
Zheng Q, Zou B, Wu Y, Yeo Y, Wu H, Stave CD, Cheung RC, Nguyen MH. Zheng Q, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Nov;54(9):1100-1109. doi: 10.1111/apt.16595. Epub 2021 Sep 1. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021. PMID: 34469587

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