Antiviral therapy in management of chronic hepatitis B viral infection in children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Maureen M. Jonas, Anna S.F. Lok, Brian J. McMahon, Robert S. Brown, John B. Wong, Ahmed T. Ahmed, Wigdan Farah, Mohamed A. Mouchli, Siddharth Singh, Larry J. Prokop, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Khaled Mohammed – 13 November 2015 – Most individuals with chronic hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection acquired the infection around the time of birth or during early childhood. We aimed to synthesize evidence regarding the effectiveness of antiviral therapy in the management of chronic HBV infection in children.

Antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B viral infection in adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Anna S.F. Lok, Brian J. McMahon, Robert S. Brown, John B. Wong, Ahmed T. Ahmed, Wigdan Farah, Jehad Almasri, Fares Alahdab, Khalid Benkhadra, Mohamed A. Mouchli, Siddharth Singh, Essa A. Mohamed, Abd Moain Abu Dabrh, Larry J. Prokop, Zhen Wang, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Khaled Mohammed – 13 November 2015 – Chronic hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection remains a significant global health problem. Evidence‐based guidelines are needed to help providers determine when treatment should be initiated, which medication is most appropriate, and when treatment can safely be stopped.

Reassessing the boundaries of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Where do we stand with tumor down‐staging?

Francis Y. Yao, Nicholas Fidelman – 11 November 2015 – Down‐staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation (LT) has generated a lot of interest in recent years and has been identified in two recent national conferences on hepatocellular carcinoma as one of the priorities for research. Down‐staging is defined as reduction in the tumor burden using local regional therapy specifically to meet acceptable criteria for LT.

Magnetic resonance elastography is superior to acoustic radiation force impulse for the Diagnosis of fibrosis in patients with biopsy‐proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A prospective study

Jeffrey Cui, Elhamy Heba, Carolyn Hernandez, William Haufe, Jonathan Hooker, Michael P. Andre, Mark A. Valasek, Hamed Aryafar, Claude B. Sirlin, Rohit Loomba – 11 November 2015 – Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), an advanced magnetic resonance–based imaging technique, and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI), an ultrasound‐based imaging technique, are accurate for diagnosing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) fibrosis. However, no head‐to‐head comparisons between MRE and ARFI for diagnosing NAFLD fibrosis have been performed.

Reassessing the boundaries of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Where do we stand with tumor down‐staging?

Francis Y. Yao, Nicholas Fidelman – 11 November 2015 – Down‐staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation (LT) has generated a lot of interest in recent years and has been identified in two recent national conferences on hepatocellular carcinoma as one of the priorities for research. Down‐staging is defined as reduction in the tumor burden using local regional therapy specifically to meet acceptable criteria for LT.

Care delivery and outcomes among US veterans with hepatitis B: A national cohort study

Marina Serper, Gina Choi, Kimberly A. Forde, David E. Kaplan – 11 November 2015 – Previous studies have identified gaps in hepatitis B care. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the delivery of care among a national cohort of US veterans with chronic hepatitis B infection and examine risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes.

Reassessing the boundaries of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Where do we stand with tumor down‐staging?

Francis Y. Yao, Nicholas Fidelman – 11 November 2015 – Down‐staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation (LT) has generated a lot of interest in recent years and has been identified in two recent national conferences on hepatocellular carcinoma as one of the priorities for research. Down‐staging is defined as reduction in the tumor burden using local regional therapy specifically to meet acceptable criteria for LT.

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