Hepatitis B surface antigen, core-related antigen and HBV RNA: Predicting clinical relapse after NA therapy discontinuation.
Apichat KaewdechPisit TangkijvanichPimsiri SripongpunTeepawit WiteerungrotSawangpong JandeeYasuhito TanakaTeerha PiratvisuthPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
The combined hepatitis B core-related antigen and hepatitis B virus RNA assays at end of treatment were highly predictive of subsequent clinical relapse. These novel biomarkers could potentially be used to identify patients who could safely discontinue nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy.