Among 2338 chronic hepatitis B patients followed during 2006-2013 in the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, 78% had ≥1 alanine aminotransferase and 37% had ≥1 hepatitis B virus DNA level assessed annually. Among cirrhotic patients, 46% never had hepatic imaging. Patients in this cohort were insufficiently monitored for disease activity and hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Spradling, P. R., Xing, J., Rupp, L. B., Moorman, A. C., Gordon, S. C., Teshale, E. T., … Keast, E. M. (2016). Infrequent Clinical Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in United States General Healthcare Settings. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63(9), 1205–1208. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw516
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