Management of chronic hepatitis B in childhood: ESPGHAN clinical practice guidelines: consensus of an expert panel on behalf of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

J Hepatol. 2013 Oct;59(4):814-29. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.05.016. Epub 2013 May 23.
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Keywords: ALT; Acute hepatitis B; Adolescents; Breastfeeding; CHB; Children; Chronic hepatitis B; FDA; Food and Drug Administration; Guidelines; HBIG; HBV; HCC; Hepatitis B virus; IFN; Immunosuppressed; Management; NA; PegINF; Pregnancy; Resistance; SVR; Transplantation; Treatment; ULN; VR; WHO; World Health Organization; alanine aminotransferases; cccDNA; chronic hepatitis B; covalently closed circular DNA; hepatitis B immunoglobulins; hepatitis B virus; hepatocellular carcinoma; interferon; nucleos(t)ide analogues; pegylated interferon; sustained virological response; upper limit of normal; virologic response.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B Vaccines / pharmacology
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / prevention & control
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / virology
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Hepatitis B Vaccines