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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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Hepatitis B Virus and DNA Damage Response: Interactions and Consequences for the Infection

Andoni Gómez-Moreno, +1 more
- 19 Oct 2017 - 
TL;DR: The interactions that HBV establishes with DDR pathways might help identify new molecular targets for therapeutic intervention and explain in part the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronically infected patients.
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Non-invasive in vivo Imaging Grading of Liver Fibrosis.

Hanyu Jiang, +4 more
- 05 Jan 2018 - 
TL;DR: This review was intended to summarize current noninvasive imaging techniques for LF, with special emphasis on the possible roles, advantages and limitations of the new emerging imaging modalities.
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Kenya, 2007.

Kathleen N. Ly, +7 more
- 03 Aug 2016 - 
TL;DR: The HBV infection prevalence in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative Kenyan adult and adolescent population based on samples collected from a national survey based on data from HIV-negative participants in the 2007 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey is determined.
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Managing Psoriasis in Patients with HBV or HCV Infection: Practical Considerations.

Stefano Piaserico, +2 more
- 01 Dec 2019 - 
TL;DR: Patients with psoriasis who are prescribed methotrexate, acitretin, or apremilast have a low risk of reactivation and need to be monitored for viral reactivation, and should preferably undergo HBV DNA or hepatitis B surface antigen and alanine aminotransferase testing rather than be subjected to routine pre-emptive therapy.
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Tenofovir alafenamide in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: design, development, and place in therapy.

Eiichi Ogawa, +2 more
- 06 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: An analysis of renal safety showed that patients treating with TAF had a significantly lower decrease in the estimated glomerular filtration rate level than did patients treated with TDF, and the declines of hip and spine bone mineral density were significantly less in the TAF group.
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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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