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Asian-Pacific consensus statement on the management of chronic hepatitis B: a 2012 update

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An Erratum to this article was published on 06 July 2012

Abstract

Large volume of new data on the natural history and treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have become available since 2008. These include further studies in asymptomatic subjects with chronic HBV infection and community-based cohorts, the role of HBV genotype/naturally occurring HBV mutations, the application of non-invasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis and quantitation of HBV surface antigen and new drug or new strategies towards more effective therapy. To update HBV management guidelines, relevant new data were reviewed and assessed by experts from the region, and the significance of the reported findings was discussed and debated. The earlier “Asian-Pacific consensus statement on the management of chronic hepatitis B” was revised accordingly. The key terms used in the statement were also defined. The new guidelines include general management, indications for fibrosis assessment, time to start or stop drug therapy, choice of drug to initiate therapy, when and how to monitor the patients during and after stopping drug therapy. Recommendations on the therapy of patients in special circumstances, including women in childbearing age, patients with antiviral drug resistance, concurrent viral infection, hepatic decompensation, patients receiving immune suppression or chemotherapy and patients in the setting of liver transplantation and hepatocellular carcinoma, are also included.

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The expert pre-meeting was organized and sponsored by the Taiwan Association for the Study of Liver and the Prosperous Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan. The authors thank the secretarial assistance of Ms. Su-Chiung Chu in preparing this statement. The authors also wish to thank Associate Professor Gail Matthews from the Kirby Institute, Sydney, Australia, for her assistance with the sections on HIV-HBV coinfection.

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Liaw, YF., Kao, JH., Piratvisuth, T. et al. Asian-Pacific consensus statement on the management of chronic hepatitis B: a 2012 update. Hepatol Int 6, 531–561 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-012-9365-4

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