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Infrequent Clinical Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in United States General Healthcare Settings

Journal

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 63, Issue 9, Pages 1205-1208

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw516

Keywords

chronic hepatitis B; clinical assessment; monitoring; general healthcare

Funding

  1. Intramural CDC HHS [CC999999] Funding Source: Medline

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Among 2338 chronic hepatitis B patients followed during 2006-2013 in the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, 78% had >= 1 alanine aminotransferase and 37% had >= 1 hepatitis B virus DNA level assessed annually. Among cirrhotic patients, 46% never had hepatic imaging. Patients in this cohort were insufficiently monitored for disease activity and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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