作者: Ching-Lung Lai , Man-Fung Yuen
DOI: 10.1056/NEJME0808185
关键词: Chronic hepatitis 、 Cirrhosis 、 Internal medicine 、 Medicine 、 Hepatitis B virus 、 Immunology 、 Chronic infection
摘要: The hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes chronic infection in approximately 400 million people the world. Most carriers of HBV, including Asians, Africans, and a proportion persons Mediterranean countries, acquire at birth or within first 1 to 2 years after birth.1 It is estimated that 50% male 14% female will eventually die complications cirrhosis hepatocellular carcinoma.2 criteria end points for treatment HBV should be reevaluated light three important recent findings. First, more than 70% patients with . . .