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SUBMITTER: Graf C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6947378 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Graf Christiana C Mondorf Antonia A Knop Viola V Peiffer Kai-Henrik KH Dietz Julia J Friess Julia J Wedemeyer Heiner H Buggisch Peter P Mauss Stefan S Berg Thomas T Rausch Michael M Sprinzl Martin M Klinker Hartwig H Hinrichsen Holger H Bronowicki Jean-Pierre JP Haag Sebastian S Hüppe Dietrich D Lutz Thomas T Poynard Thierry T Zeuzem Stefan S Friedrich-Rust Mireen M Sarrazin Christoph C Vermehren Johannes J
Journal of clinical medicine 20191202 12
<h4>Background</h4>Accurate assessment of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic HBeAg-negative Hepatitis B is of crucial importance not only to predict the long-term clinical course, but also to evaluate antiviral therapy indication. The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the utility of point shear wave elastography (pSWE) for longitudinal non-invasive fibrosis assessment in a large cohort of untreated patients with chronic HBeAg-negative hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.<h4>Meth ...[more]