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Infrequent clinical assessment of chronic hepatitis B patients in United States general healthcare settings
Spradling PR1, Xing J1, Rupp LB1, Moorman AC1, Gordon SC1, Teshale ET1, Lu M1, Boscarino JA1, Trinacty CM1, Schmidt MA1, Holmberg SD1; Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) Investigators. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 2. pii: ciw516. [Epub ahead of print]
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1Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA.
Abstract
Among 2,338 chronic hepatitis B patients followed during 2006-2013 in the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, 78% had ≥1 alanine aminotransferase and 37% had ≥1 HBV 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.