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Estimations of worldwide prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review of data published between 1965 and 2013.

Aparna Schweitzer, +4 more
- 17 Oct 2015 - 
- Vol. 386, Iss: 10003, pp 1546-1555
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This first global assessment of country-level population prevalence of chronic HBV infection found a wide variation between countries and highlights the need for continued prevention and control strategies and the collection of reliable epidemiologic data using standardised methodology.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-10-17. It has received 2130 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: HBsAg & Hepatitis B virus.

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GSK-3 in liver diseases: Friend or foe?

Maria Rita Emma, +6 more
- 01 Sep 2020 - 
TL;DR: Conditions in which GSK-3 is implicated in liver diseases are discussed and newly emerging drugs that target the multifunctional serine/threonine kinase, glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), are explored.
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Risk Factors and Biomarkers for Chronic Hepatitis B Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Vijay Pandyarajan, +2 more
- 06 Jan 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the evolving literature regarding the different risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma and the types of emerging novel biomarkers that show promise in the prevention and early diagnosis of HCC within the context of hepatitis B virus infection.
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Molecular epidemiology, phylogenetic analysis and genotype distribution of hepatitis B virus in Saudi Arabia: Predominance of genotype D1

Ahmed A. Al-Qahtani, +11 more
- 01 Jan 2020 - 
TL;DR: Along with the dominance of the HBV genotype D, isolation of the E genotype and several recombinant strains from patients with Saudi Arabian origin is an essential result for decisions involving therapeutic measures for patients.
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Late Response of Antiretroviral Therapy in an HIV-1-Infected Patient Due to Hepatitis B and C Coinfections: The First Case Report in Nepal

Sundar Khadka, +4 more
- 11 Feb 2019 - 
TL;DR: The first report that highlights the dual coinfection of HCV and HBV in an HIV-1 patient from Nepal shows improved response to ART with an increase in CD4+ cells, however, detectable viral loads indicated for a late response might be due to effects of coinfections or viral interactions.
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Changing clinical care cascade of patients with chronic hepatitis B in Beijing, China.

Min Li, +8 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper used the Basic Medical Care Insurance for Employees (BMCIE) to investigate the changes of clinical care cascade of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Beijing, China.
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R Core Team
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TL;DR: Copyright (©) 1999–2012 R Foundation for Statistical Computing; permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and permission notice are preserved on all copies.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher, +4 more
- 21 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: Moher et al. as mentioned in this paper introduce PRISMA, an update of the QUOROM guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which is used in this paper.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.

David Moher, +4 more
- 21 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: The QUOROM Statement (QUality Of Reporting Of Meta-analyses) as mentioned in this paper was developed to address the suboptimal reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement

David Moher, +4 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: A structured summary is provided including, as applicable, background, objectives, data sources, study eligibility criteria, participants, interventions, study appraisal and synthesis methods, results, limitations, conclusions and implications of key findings.
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Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohsen Naghavi, +731 more
- 10 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors, the authors used the GBD 2010 methods with some refinements to improve accuracy applied to an updated database of vital registration, survey, and census data.
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