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2015 Chinese Practice Guidelines of Chronic Hepatitis B: an update

  

  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Third Central Hospital of Tianjin;
    The Clinical Branch of Tianjin Medical University ; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Artificial Cells;
    Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin 300170,China
  • Online:2016-07-05 Published:2016-07-08
  • Contact: Corresponding author:Han Tao,Email:Email:hantaomd@126.com

Abstract: As the researches home and abroad progress, the 2015 edition of Chinese Clinical Practice Guidelines: Prevention and Management of Chronic Hepatitis B  was published in the 17th national conference on viral hepatitis and liver disease of Chinese Medical Association. With clear concept, the content refinement, summarization of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis, new guidelines highlight the importance of antiviral therapy and give detailed recommendations including in special populations, as well as point out the direction prevention and management of the chronic hepatitis B in the future. In a word, the publication of the new guidelines will help further standardize and improve the level of hepatitis B prevention and management in China.

Key words: hepatitis B, chronic, antiviral agents; , guidelines