Global liver disease burdens and research trends: Analysis from a Chinese perspective

• Published in: Journal of hepatology Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 212 - 221
• Main Authors: Xiao, Jia, Wang, Fei, Wong, Nai-Kei, He, Jinhan, Zhang, Rui, Sun, Ruijuan, Xu, Yanying, Liu, Yingxia, Li, Wei, Koike, Kazuo, He, Weiling, You, Hong, Miao, Yinglei, Liu, Xiaowei, Meng, Mingming, Gao, Bin, Wang, Hua, Li, Cui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Alcoholic liver disease; Biomedical Research - trends; China; Epidemiology; Gastroenterology - methods; Global Burden of Disease; Humans; Liver disease; Liver Diseases - classification; Liver Diseases - epidemiology; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Research funding; Viral hepatitis; China; Viral hepatitis; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Research funding; Epidemiology; Liver disease; Alcoholic liver disease

Liver diseases affect millions of people worldwide. In most developed countries, the incidence of viral hepatitis is waning as a result of modern advances in disease prevention, diagnosis, and therapies. Expanded programmes for systematic immunisation against hepatitis B virus have also significantl...