A 40-year-old woman has chronic hepatitis B (HBeAg-negative) with HBV DNA 3,000 IU/mL and ALT twice upper limit; fibrosis F2. Treatment recommendation...

Question

A 40-year-old woman has chronic hepatitis B (HBeAg-negative) with HBV DNA 3,000 IU/mL and ALT twice upper limit; fibrosis F2. Treatment recommendation?

Accepted Answer

Start nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy

Answer

No therapy until DNA >20,000

Answer

Interferon only

Answer

Liver transplant evaluation

Answer

Herbal therapy

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Chronic Hepatitis B Treatment

A 40-year-old woman has chronic hepatitis B (HBeAg-negative) with HBV DNA 3,000 IU/mL and ALT twice upper limit; fibrosis F2. Treatment recommendation?