Chronic hepatitis B affects more than 250 million individuals worldwide, putting them at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. While antiviral immune responses are key to eliminating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, insufficient ...
Percy A. Knolle +4 more
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Background. Viral hepatitis is still one of the important health problems all over the world today. Hepatitis B is a life-threatening liver infection that can cause chronic infections.
Feyza Gökben Kahveci +2 more
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Introduction: Hepatitis B infection is a severe global public health issue. It is the 10th biggest cause of death worldwide. Objective: This review focuses on the relationship between oxidative stress and the risk of developing of acute and chronic ...
Hammadi Nour +2 more
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Different profiles of neurocognitive impairment in patients with hepatitis B and C virus infections
The direct impact of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C on neurocognition remains elusive due to the frequent comorbidities, and the domains of the neurocognitive functions affected have rarely been investigated comprehensively.
Chun-Hsiang Tan +9 more
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Background/Purpose: Effective antiviral-therapy can reduce the risk of liver cirrhosis related hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Yet, the difference of hepatocellular carcinoma development in chronic hepatitis
Ming-Tsung Lin +8 more
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A genetic validation study reveals a role of vitamin D metabolism in the response to interferon-alfa-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C [PDF]
Background: To perform a comprehensive study on the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and the response to interferon-α-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C.
Jörg Bojunga +111 more
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52-week efficacy and safety of telbivudine with conditional tenofovir intensification at week 24 in HBeAg-positive chronic Hepatitis B [PDF]
Background and Aims: The Roadmap concept is a therapeutic framework in chronic hepatitis B for the intensification of nucleoside analogue monotherapy based on early virologic response.
Tawesak Tanwandee (279135) +65 more
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Lipoprotein Receptors and Lipid Enzymes in Hepatitis C Virus Entry and Early Steps of Infection
Viruses are obligate intracellular agents that depend on host cells for successful propagation, hijacking cellular machineries to their own profit. The molecular interplay between host factors and invading viruses is a continuous coevolutionary process ...
Eve-Isabelle Pécheur
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Clinical and psychopathological features of the course and outcome of the first psychotic episode.
Recently it has been established that cytokines are involved in the regulation of the body’s defense reactions in response to a pathogen and form an independent system for regulating homeostasis.
Yuri Bazhora +4 more
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Erratum to 'The management of chronic hepatitis B in the immunocompromised patient: recommendations from a single topic meeting' [J. Clin. Virol. 41 (4) 2008 243-254] [PDF]
Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have a substantial risk of reactivation and jaundice following the use of immunosuppressant therapy.
Pol, Stanislas +14 more
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