Longitudinal changes of liver function and hepatitis B reactivation in COVID‐19 patients with pre‐existing chronic hepatitis B virus infection

• Published in: Hepatology research Vol. 50; no. 11; pp. 1211 - 1221
• Main Authors: Liu, Jiaye, Wang, Tingyan, Cai, Qingxian, Sun, Liqin, Huang, Deliang, Zhou, Guangde, He, Qing, Wang, Fu‐Sheng, Liu, Lei, Chen, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Alanine; Alanine transaminase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Bilirubin; Chronic infection; Coronaviridae; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; HBV; Hepatitis B; hepatitis B reactivation; Infections; Interferon; Liver; Liver diseases; liver function; Original; Pandemics; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Viral Hepatitis; COVID-19; HBV; hepatitis B reactivation; liver function

Aim With the current coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic and high endemic levels of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection worldwide, it is urgent to investigate liver function changes of COVID‐19 patients with chronic HBV infection, and how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SA...