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Comment
. 2023 Nov 1;78(5):1332-1333.
doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000496. Epub 2023 May 30.

Reassessing antiviral treatment criteria for chronic hepatitis B

James Lok  1 , Geoffrey Dusheiko
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Reassessing antiviral treatment criteria for chronic hepatitis B

James Lok et al. Hepatology. .
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  • Antiviral therapy substantially reduces HCC risk in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection in the indeterminate phase.
    Huang DQ, Tran A, Yeh ML, Yasuda S, Tsai PC, Huang CF, Dai CY, Ogawa E, Ishigami M, Ito T, Kozuka R, Enomoto M, Suzuki T, Yoshimaru Y, Preda CM, Marin RI, Sandra I, Tran S, Quek SXZ, Khine HHTW, Itokawa N, Atsukawa M, Uojima H, Watanabe T, Takahashi H, Inoue K, Maeda M, Hoang JK, Trinh L, Barnett S, Cheung R, Lim SG, Trinh HN, Chuang WL, Tanaka Y, Toyoda H, Yu ML, Nguyen MH. Huang DQ, et al. Hepatology. 2023 Nov 1;78(5):1558-1568. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000459. Epub 2023 May 16. Hepatology. 2023. PMID: 37184202

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