Further discussion on the antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis B patients with indeterminate phase
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摘要: 本文再次探讨不确定期慢性乙型肝炎患者的抗病毒治疗。此类患者的肝脏有显著坏死炎症和纤维化的比例较高,疾病进展的风险高于真正的HBeAg阳性慢性HBV感染(既往称为免疫耐受期)或HBeAg阴性慢性HBV感染(既往称免疫控制期)。对不确定期慢性HBV感染者进行抗病毒治疗可降低HBV相关肝细胞癌的风险。Abstract: This paper discusses further on the antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis B patients with indeterminate phase. These patients have a high proportion of significant necroinflammation and fibrosis in the liver, and a higher risk of disease progression compared with those with true HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (formerly called the immune tolerance phase) or HBeAg-negative chronic HBV infection (formerly called the immune control phase). Antiviral therapy may reduce the risk of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B patients with indeterminate phase.
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表 1 慢性HBV感染者中不确定期患者的比例
Table 1. The proportion of individuals in the indeterminate phase among patients with chronic HBV infection
作者 总例数 不确定期例数 比例(%) 诊断标准 Yao等(2021)[9] 4 759 1 323 27.8 AASLD(2018) Duan等(2021)[10] 327 122 37.3 CSH/CSID(2019) Huang等(2022)[11] 3 366 1 303 38.7 AASLD(2018) Jiang等(2023)[12] 634 377 59.5 CSH/CSID(2019) Wang等(2023)[13] 1 043 242 23.2 AASLD(2018) Xu等(2023)[14] 3 462 1 444 41.7 CSH/CSID(2022) Ju等(2023)[15] 1 544 574 37.2 AASLD(2018) 注:AASLD,美国肝病学会;CSH,中华医学会肝病学分会;CSID,中华医学会感染病学分会。 表 2 HBeAg阳性和阴性慢性HBV感染期的不确定期患者肝组织病理学
Table 2. Liver histopathology of indeterminate-phase patients with HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative chronic HBV infection
作者 显著坏死炎症 显著纤维化 显著组织学病变 Liu等(2022)[16] 68.3%(397/581) 58.5%(340/581) 49.7%(289/581) Jiang等(2023)[12] 29.2%(110/377) 34.0%(128/377) 40.6%(153/377) Wang等(2023)[13] HBeAg阳性 84.4%(38/45) 73.3%(33/45) 91.1%(41/45) HBeAg阴性 54.3%(107/197) 53.3%(105/197) 68.5%(135/197) 小计 59.9%(145/242) 57.0%(138/242) 72.7%(176/242) -
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