Comparison of Serum Hepatitis B Virus DNA and HBsAg Levels Between HBeAg-Negative and HBeAg-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients
| Author | Maryam Keshvari | en |
| Author | Seyed Moayed Alavian | en |
| Author | Heidar Sharafi | en |
| Issued Date | 2015-03-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Chronic hepatitis B consists of different clinical phases. Laboratory and histological assessments can help differentiate the clinical phases of this disease and thus lead to better management. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine laboratory and histological characteristics of HBeAg-negative and HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients. Patients and Methods: In this study, we evaluated 151 treatment naive chronic hepatitis B patients and grouped them according to their HBeAg status. Serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and HBsAg levels were measured, and liver function tests, and liver biopsy were performed for the study population. Results: There was a significant difference in age, and HBV DNA and HBsAg levels between HBeAg-negative and HBeAg-positive groups yet there was no statistically significant difference in sex, liver function tests, grading and staging of liver biopsy between the groups. Hepatitis B virus DNA and HBsAg levels were correlated in both HBeAg-negative and HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients. Conclusions: We concluded that chronic hepatitis B patients had different HBV DNA and HBsAg levels according to their HBeAg status. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/jjm.21444 | en |
| Keyword | HBeAg | en |
| Keyword | HBsAg | en |
| Keyword | Hepatitis B | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Comparison of Serum Hepatitis B Virus DNA and HBsAg Levels Between HBeAg-Negative and HBeAg-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients | en |
| Type | Brief Report | en |
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