"Hepatitis B e Antigens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A closely related group of antigens found in the plasma only during the infective phase of hepatitis B or in virulent chronic hepatitis B, probably indicating active virus replication; there are three subtypes which may exist in a complex with immunoglobulins G.
| Descriptor ID |
D006513
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.327.495.500.469
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| Concept/Terms |
Hepatitis B e Antigens- Hepatitis B e Antigens
- Hepatitis Be Antigens
- Antigens, Hepatitis Be
- Be Antigens, Hepatitis
- e Antigens
- Antigens, e
- HBeAg
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis B e Antigens" by people in Profiles.
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Asian consensus recommendations on optimizing the diagnosis and initiation of treatment of hepatitis B virus infection in resource-limited settings. J Viral Hepat. 2020 05; 27(5):466-475.
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Variants in STAT4 Associated With Cure of Chronic HBV Infection in HBeAg-positive Patients Treated With Pegylated Interferon-alpha. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 01; 18(1):196-204.e8.
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Serological positive markers of hepatitis B virus in femoral venous blood or umbilical cord blood should not be evidence of in-utero infection among neonates. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 08 12; 16(1):408.
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Lower Observed Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Treated With Entecavir: Results of the ENUMERATE Study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 09; 111(9):1297-304.
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Entecavir safety and effectiveness in a national cohort of treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients in the US - the ENUMERATE study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2016 Jan; 43(1):134-44.
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Treatment cessation in noncirrhotic, e-antigen negative chronic hepatitis B is safe and effective following prolonged anti-viral suppression with nucleosides/nucleotides. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Oct; 40(7):804-10.
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Prevalence of HBeAg, anti-HBe serological markers and HBV-DNA in asymptomatic carriers in Ethiopia. Eur J Epidemiol. 1989 Dec; 5(4):481-5.