Should antiviral treatment be extended to patients with chronic hepatitis B and mildly elevated alanine aminotransferase?

Efficacy of entecavir in chronic hepatit

Efficacy of entecavir in chronic hepatitis B patients with mildly elevated alanine aminotransferase and biopsy-proven histological damage

✍ I-Chin Wu; Ching-Lung Lai; Steven-Huy Bui Han; Kwang-Hyup Han; Stuart C. Gordon; 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 175 KB 👁 2 views

Current guidelines for management of chronic hepatitis B recommend treatment for patients presenting with elevated hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or histological evidence of liver disease. Retrospective analyses have demonstrated that