Hepatitis B virus core-related antigen is useful for surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in a patient with occult hepatitis B virus infection: Case report.

Keiji YokoyamaEri YamauchiYotaro UchidaTakanori KitaguchiHiromi FukudaRyo YamauchiNaoaki TsuchiyaKaoru UmedaKazuhide TakataTakashi TanakaShinjiro InomataDaisuke MoriharaYasuaki TakeyamaSatoshi ShakadoShotaro SakisakaFumihito Hirai

Published in: Clinical case reports (2020)

Serum HBV core-related antigen (HBcrAg) is useful for detecting HCC in patients with occult HBV infection. Surveillance for HCC is needed in patients who are positive for HBcrAg, even if they are negative for HBsAg and HBV DNA.

Keyphrases

hepatitis b virus
case report
liver failure
end stage renal disease
public health
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
cell free
single molecule
patient reported outcomes