Burden of liver diseases in the world

SK Asrani, H Devarbhavi, J Eaton, PS Kamath - Journal of hepatology, 2019 - Elsevier
Liver disease accounts for approximately 2 million deaths per year worldwide, 1 million due
to complications of cirrhosis and 1 million due to viral hepatitis and hepatocellular …

Can we stop nucleoside analogues before HB sAg loss?

M Papatheodoridi… - Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the current guidelines and the existing data suggest that long‐term therapy with
nucleos (t) ide analogue (s)[NA (s)] may be stopped in carefully selected chronic hepatitis B …

Okuda lecture: challenges of hepatitis B in the era of antiviral therapy

HLY Chan - Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleos (t) ide analogs (NAs) are effective, safe, and convenient antiviral therapy to
suppress replication of hepatitis B virus, which can be translated into improved long‐term …