Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1747-1754.e1, May 2010

Carriers of Inactive Hepatitis B Virus Are Still at Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver-Related Death

  • Jin–De Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Bei-Hu Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hwai–I. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Uchenna H. Iloeje

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Wallingford, Connecticut
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  • San–Lin You

      Affiliations

    • Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Sheng–Nan Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Kaohsiung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Li–Yu Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, Taipei County, Taiwan
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  • Jun Su

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Wallingford, Connecticut
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  • Chien–An Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei County, Taiwan
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  • Yun–Fan Liaw

      Affiliations

    • Liver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Chien–Jen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Chien-Jen Chen, ScD, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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  • Risk Evaluation of Viral Load Elevation and Associated Liver Disease/Cancer in HBV (REVEAL-HBV) Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Other Members of the REVEAL-HBV Study Group are listed in the Acknowledgments

Received 28 October 2009; accepted 20 January 2010. published online 29 January 2010.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Funding was received from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (for conducting part of laboratory tests), Department of Health, Executive Yuan, National Health Research Institutes, and Academia Sinica in Taiwan. None of the funding organizations played a role in the design and conduct of this study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00148-4

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.042

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1747-1754.e1, May 2010

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