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New monitoring method for patients with hepatitis B
A key publication today from Prof. Poynard’s team that combines FibroTest and HBV viral load.
The information is taken from today’s newspapers: Prof. Poynard’s team (Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris) developed a new method of monitoring for patients with hepatitis B by combining the results of FibroTest with the hepatitis B virus viral load.
The article was published by the prestigious PloS ONE :
Excerpt from the article New monitoring method for patients with hepatitis B published in the "Le Monde" newspaper on July 3, 2008: :
To find out more :
The article was published by the prestigious PloS ONE :
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An accurate definition of the status of inactive hepatitis B virus carrier by the combination of non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest-ActiTest) and viral load. The conventional definition of the inactive hepatitis B virus carrier used the transaminase (ALT) level, liver biopsy, absence of HBe antigen and viral load. The use of FibroTest and ActiTest as biomarkers of fibrosis and hepatic necroinflammatory activity was previously validated as an alternative to hepatic biopsy read more |
Excerpt from the article New monitoring method for patients with hepatitis B published in the "Le Monde" newspaper on July 3, 2008: :
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"How can the progression of hepatitis B be studied in the 300,000 people that are infected in France by the virus that causes this chronic disease? This has been a fundamental public health question ever since antiviral treatments were made available that can effectively prevent progression to cirrhosis or liver cancer. For over a decade this question has fueled lively debates within the specialized medical community."- read more There is a very significant impact for patients with hepatitis B. According to Prof. Poynard, “With this work, we believe that we have provided proof that it is possible not only to improve but also to simplify the monitoring of progression of the state of health of 300,000 people in France and to a certain extent, that of the four hundred million chronic hepatitis B virus carriers in the world. |
To find out more :
- Complete article "An Accurate Definition of the Status of Inactive Hepatitis B Virus Carrier by a Combination of Biomarkers (FibroTest-ActiTest) and Viral Load" on Plos ONE
- Complete article "New monitoring method for patients with hepatitis B" in the "Le Monde" newspaper.